Can You Distinguish A Real Smile From A Fake Smile? November 20, 2011
Posted by Michael in Science.trackback
Most people can’t, but it’s possible to detect the difference. A real smile is involuntary, involves areas of the brain that are different from a fake smile, and engages different facial muscles that can be detectable. The picture above is a fake smile.
I got 14 out of 20. Try to beat me.
(Pay attention to the corners of the eyes, and you will beat me.)
Results
You got 15 out of 20 correct
Mrs. Geezer helped.
Another tactic is to simply smile all the time. I smile when I’m getting my ass handed to me at work, which is often.
I’m untouchable. And will probably never make it to management.
16 out of 20. I was surprised to get that many right. I look at the eyes.
17 of out 20…much to my surprise. I guessed at quite a few of them but then I also was looking at the corners of the eyes to help me out.
I’m untouchable. And will probably never make it to management.
Don’t give up. Your blog has been surprisingly successful, given the effort you put into it.
Less is more, Michael.
Less is more, Michael.
That’s what I say about my sexual performance.
Business socks. That’s what I’m talkin bout.
*smiles all big and toofy
12
Stupid smiles.
17 out of 20
18 of 20
No fair putting the Asian Chick in there.
I was distracted.
17 of 20 and interestingly I got all the fakes correct. Well, interestingly to me.
And don’t tell me to slow down WordPress you son-of-a-bitch *smiles*
Well, interestingly to me.
Yet another example of Calvinist theology in practice.
13 of 20, and I was trying to watch the eyes.
Just a sucker for insincerity, I guess…
Yet another example of Calvinist theology in practice.
I forgive you because I know you were predestined to make that comment because you are totally depraved 🙂
16 of 20. I’m better at this than I thought I was.
16 but I found myself wanting to give the darker complexion people the benefit of the doubt. >>needs a little work on sterotyping<<
You could tell it was a BBC study because of all the bad teeth. Do they not have dentists in the UK's healthcare system?
I thought they all looked fake. I don’t trust limeys.
19 out of 20. I took the hints about eyes and never even bothered to look at the actual smiles.
I just did the same thing Oso.
The only one I missed was the black guy.
That makes me a racist.
18 out of 20. The mousy blonde threw me with the teeny smile and the other dude threw me because he made his face stop too quick. Most of the real smiles had happy eyes to begin with and did a laugh too.
17 out of 20