India, Jan. 16 -- Happinesscan be conveyed using 17 different facial configurations, according to the scientists who found that out of over 16,000 expressions only 35 can be recognised across cultures around the world. While human beings can configure their faces in thousands and thousands of ways to conveyemotionfrom anger to sadness to riotous joy and the number of ways our faces can convey different emotions varies. Disgust, for example, needs just onefacial expressionto get its point across throughout the world. Happiness, on the other hand, has 17 - a testament to the many varied forms of cheer, delight and contentedness, researchers said.
This was delightful to discover because it speaks to the complex nature of happiness. Happinessa...