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tend to leak those emotions later <strong>in</strong> unexpectedways. <strong>The</strong> psychologist JudithGrob asked people to hide their emotionsas she showed them disgust<strong>in</strong>gimages. She even had them hold pens<strong>in</strong> their mouths to prevent them fromfrown<strong>in</strong>g. She found that this group reportedfeel<strong>in</strong>g less disgusted by the picturesthan did those who’d been allowedto react naturally. Later,however, the people who hid theiremotions suffered side effects. <strong>The</strong>irmemory was impaired, and the negativeemotions they’d suppressed seemedto color their outlook. When Grob hadthem fill <strong>in</strong> the miss<strong>in</strong>g letter to theword “gr_ss,” for example, they weremore likely than others to <strong>of</strong>fer “gross”rather than “grass.” “People who tendto [suppress their negative emotions]regularly,” concludes Grob, “might start632/929

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