smiling

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smiling

facial expression

Also known as: smile

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happiness
…a specific facial expression: the smile.
…a specific facial expression: the smile.

human behaviour
The newborn infant
Smiling during infancy changes its meaning over the first year. The smiles that newborns display during their first weeks constitute what is called reflex smiling and usually occur without reference to any external source or stimulus, including other people. By two months, however, infants smile…
Smiling during infancy changes its meaning over the first year. The smiles that newborns display during their first weeks constitute what is called reflex smiling and usually occur without reference to any external source or stimulus, including other people. By two months, however, infants smile…