fake smiles test

I got 9 out of 20

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbo...es/index.shtml

damn, i only got 9/20 too. It's sort of hard to tell just seeing facial video shots, and without any context. Some people were almost laughing, and others barely even had a change in their face. You can usually tell if someone is being fake especially by the way they talk. Interesting what one of their conclusions is...

"Most people are surprisingly bad at spotting fake smiles. One possible explanation for this is that it may be easier for people to get along if they don't always know what others are really feeling."

14/20

but for 2 of them, the video just jammed and wouldnt let me play it

got 13 out of 20 and I should know cos I need to read face and body expression in order to lipread better.

<sigh> 13... not perfect though :)

14/20 it's all in the eyes

I got 13. Funny thing is that I got 11 out of the 12 last ones and only one from the first five. Looks like my fake smile testing brain area had to startup first. :p

Fredi

DAMN...

half of those people looked like aliens!!!!

13/20

16/20 -- damn i knew that asian girl was faking it and i still said genuine

some of those ppl look pretty wacky

15/20 Yep, it's all in the eyes.

looks like I got the worst score here. There must be some technique to this
:) (<- fake)

15/20

and here's the screenshot to prove it :) <-- genuinely fake smile

15/20

I think it's all in the way they stop smiling.

Quote:

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Originally posted by aversion
15/20

I think it's all in the way they stop smiling.

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Exactly

14/20

If they look happy after the smile then it was usually real.

18/20

the two blonde people got me... the dude - fourth, and the lady near the end.

9/20

Quote:

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Most people are surprisingly bad at spotting fake smiles. One possible explanation for this is that it may be easier for people to get along if they don't always know what others are really feeling.

Although fake smiles often look very similar to genuine smiles, they are actually slightly different, because they are brought about by different muscles, which are controlled by different parts of the brain.

Fake smiles can be performed at will, because the brain signals that create them come from the conscious part of the brain and prompt the zygomaticus major muscles in the cheeks to contract. These are the muscles that pull the corners of the mouth upwards.

Genuine smiles, on the other hand, are generated by the unconscious brain, so are automatic. When people feel pleasure, signals pass through the part of the brain that processes emotion. As well as making the mouth muscles move, the muscles that raise the cheeks – the orbicularis oculi and the pars orbitalis – also contract, making the eyes crease up, and the eyebrows dip slightly.

Lines around the eyes do sometimes appear in intense fake smiles, and the cheeks may bunch up, making it look as if the eyes are contracting and the smile is genuine. But there are a few key signs that distinguish these smiles from real ones. For example, when a smile is genuine, the eye cover fold - the fleshy part of the eye between the eyebrow and the eyelid - moves downwards and the end of the eyebrows dip slightly.

Scientists distinguish between genuine and fake smiles by using a coding system called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), which was devised by Professor Paul Ekman of the University of California and Dr Wallace V. Friesen of the University of Kentucky.

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Fun Test!

16/20

17/20

Look at their eyes. If the corner of their eyes get wrinkles, then its real

:) fake | :D real

Spot The Fake Smile
Results
You got 15 out of 20 correct

Eyes help :p

Some people's emotions are just more open than others - making it easier to spot a fake smile - those who are bit more conceited usually trick us.

I got 14 correct.

I think too you can read a lot from the way they stop smiling. Unless they're actors, they can't change expressions as quick as some of those fakers did :)

look at that beautiful genuine smile :D

http://www.psychologysociety.ca/images/levi.jpg