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A short walk from the site of the one-time cesspool, Lewis Calado's well-kept home, with its bushy pot plants and white flowering tree out front, stands out on a grotty housing estate littered with boarded-up properties. Life on the estate has improved in recent years, he...
But Lewis says he favors the theory that facial muscles influence brain activity directly and points to earlier research that suggests such a neurological link. For example, studies have shown that subjects find comedy routines significantly funnier when they hold a pen between their teeth the way a dog holds...
While the cosmetic industry did not fund Lewis' study, it will probably get a boost from his new Botox research. The industry has already shown interest in promoting Botox as a mood enhancer: "I have noted frequently that my patients who receive Botox seem happier," Joel Schlessinger, then president-elect...
But Lewis warns that his and Finzi's studies both examined small sample groups, so it would be premature, he says, to consider Botox injections - at around $400 each - purely on the basis of their potential for mood enhancement. "The problem is that Botox paralyzes muscles used for communication - even...
Lewis E. Bollard ’09 is a social studies concentrator in Kirkland House. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays.