If it takes more muscles to frown than to smile, why do we ‘default’ to frowning?

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The expression “It takes more muscles to frown than to smile” if that is true, why do we seem to frown more than smile, considering it takes fewer muscles to smile?

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Let your face relax. Use a mirror if it helps. Now frown by pulling the corners of your mouth down. You can do it, right? So your resting face isn’t a frown, because it’s different. Now smile, because you learned something new. 🙂

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