Spotting Fake Smiles

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:27 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/ ... ys/smiles/

I got 15/20. I looked at their eyes.

Mukade

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:49 am

13/20. I looked at their eyes too.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:12 am

17 out of 20.
I also looked at their post-smile expression. People who genuinely smile don't generally go to a "non-smile" instantly. What ever emotional gizmo caused the smile usually has to wear off.

Unless you step on their toe while they are smiling.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:59 am

13/20. You can tell this is a British site, the people are so ugly. Several smiles I had to watch from behind the sofa.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:05 am

When I was over there I thought the women were, on an average, more attractive then here in Michigan. Hmm.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:08 am

I don't think you were looking at their faces, Fly.

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:09 am

<-- Real or fake?

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:21 am

Martin Milner wrote:I don't think you were looking at their faces, Fly.

Ahem...ah...well....

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:28 am

Flyingcursor wrote:When I was over there I thought the women were, on an average, more attractive then here in Michigan. Hmm.

Crikey - I'll think I'll stay here on the other side of Loch Michigan then !!!

Colin
Wisconsin

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:35 am

13/20. That just about matched my prior confidence in my ability to tell. I think I would do better in real life since I'd have more contextual clues.

When I was doing the test I often wasn't at all confident that I was doing OK although in those cases I was confident about I got nearly all right.

Forced to say what I was going by, I said the eyes but really I think I was less influenced by a single feature than by various gestalt properties of the face as a whole.

Interesting test.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:43 am

Gosh, I only got 10 of 20. So half the people that smile at me don't really mean it. Oh dear. I wonder which half?

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:49 am

18 out of 20. I'm not surprised. I usually know when someone is trying to manipulate me.

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:24 am

Cynth wrote:Gosh, I only got 10 of 20. So half the people that smile at me don't really mean it. Oh dear. I wonder which half?

But didn't you misjudge any genuine smiles as fake?

I got 17/20, which is much better than I expected. I misjudged one as genuine and two as fake, but I think I mismarked one of those. (With my memory, it's hard to be sure.)

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:57 am

Here is the original article.

According to this research, men are better at recognising fake smiles than women.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4436021.stm

Mukade

amar · Post by **amar** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:25 am

15/20, i checked the eyes.