Experts studied 230 pictures of major league baseball players printed in the 1952 Baseball Register.
專家們從1952年的一些主要的棒球聯(lián)盟中研究了230名注冊棒球隊(duì)員的照片。
The researchers ranked each player according to whether they had no smile at all, a partial smile, where only the muscles around the mouth were involved, or a full-blown smile that featured a toothy grin, raised cheeks and creases around the eyes. The researchers then compared the photos with the life span of each player.
專家們按隊(duì)員們的笑容進(jìn)行等級(jí)分類,分別是“一點(diǎn)都不笑”,“笑了一點(diǎn)兒”,“微笑時(shí)嘴部肌肉有抽動(dòng)”或是“笑的合不攏嘴”,以及“揚(yáng)起臉,眼睛都笑出了皺紋”等這幾個(gè)分類。然后他們把這些照片與隊(duì)員們的壽命進(jìn)行了比較。