Test for Recognizing Emotion and Gender from Faces

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Here is a test for recognising the gender and expressions of faces
I am not all that good at recognising the gender of faces unless that had some non face clues like they are wearing a lot of glamorous makeup, a fancy hairstyle. In which case it would be female in my view. Or a beard, sideburns, receding hairline or moustache in which case it would indicate a male face.
But without any of those cues I would be in trouble and my scores seem reveal little more than a blind guess. However the female body I would of course have no trouble recognising it as female.
For facial expressions it was just as hard because although I could sense a happy face reasonably OK I confused the expression of anger with disgust all too often.

Here is the link to the test
And below are my results.

82% of the facial expressions. I am very surprised by that result.

78% on facial expressions.

You were able to discriminate 85% of the face genders.

You were able to discriminate 63% of the facial expressions.

I gave up on that test. I had no idea about anything. It looked like they just randomly showed the same three or four pictures again and again. And I just klicked randomly because I did not understand what those faces meant at all...

I didn't think I would do this bad

3/8 Unusual Experiences
5/8 Social Anxiety
73% Judging Gender
37% facial expression

How well you were able to judge gender from a face:
You were able to discriminate 85% of the face genders.

How well you were able to judge the emotion of a face:
You were able to discriminate 75% of the facial expressions.

Haha... That has about 0% correlation with reality...

Unusual Experiences Score




You had a score of 7 / 8 for unusual experiences. The average is 3.4. Social Anxiety Score




You had a score of 8 / 8 for social anxiety. The average is 3.4
Now the next question we wanted to look at was, did this relate to how well you process faces? We want to look at the way your personality might affect how well you process emotion and gender from faces (or vice-versa!).

How well you were able to judge gender from a face:




You were able to discriminate 63% of the face genders. Based on the results we have so far, the average person who takes this test correctly identifies 78% of the genders.How well you were able to judge the emotion of a face:




You were able to discriminate 35% of the facial expressions. Based on the results we have so far, the average person who takes this test correctly identifies 66% of the emotions.
If you didn't do as well as you expected, you shouldn't be concerned. There are many reasons why scores on this task might differ. For instance, differences in computer systems or distractions while doing the task can affect results. This task was not designed to assess you, and the scores can vary widely among the people who complete it

I did really good on this test for some reason. Considering I was just clicking away I have no idea how I scored so well. I sorta gave up half way through. LOL
Results are not how it works in real life however.

You had a score of 8 / 8 for unusual experiences. The average is 3.4.

You had a score of 8 / 8 for social anxiety. The average is 3.4

You were able to discriminate 85% of the face genders. Based on the results we have so far, the average person who takes this test correctly identifies 78% of the genders.

You were able to discriminate 78% of the facial expressions. Based on the results we have so far, the average person who takes this test correctly identifies 66% of the emotions.

I got three points lwoer then the average person.

Social anxiety score was as follows:

You had a score of 3 / 8 for unusual experiences. The average is 3.4.
You had a score of 7 / 8 for social anxiety. The average is 3.4

You were able to discriminate 93% of the face genders. Based on the results we have so far, the average person who takes this test correctly identifies 78% of the genders.

You were able to discriminate 58% of the facial expressions. Based on the results we have so far, the average person who takes this test correctly identifies 66% of the emotions.


I swear... I gave different results to duplicates of the same image sometimes...
And most of the people in the first part seemed not to be expressing anything at all. I knew the "happy" ones mostly because they had creased up faces.... but it seemed like most of them were just straight-faced. Couldn't read a thing.

I'm apparently good with gender-identification even without looking at the boobs though.
Some of them had facial stubble which is a dead giveaway. A few of them had hair strands hanging down, and some in colours that no male would EVER wear.... Not only that but jawline shape is a fairly good indicator of gender.... so that bit was no problem.

these tests are unreliable.

Staring at pictures is not the same as being in front of people.

You had a score of 5 / 8 for unusual experiences. The average is 3.4.

You had a score of 8 / 8 for social anxiety. The average is 3.4

You were able to discriminate 75% of the face genders. Based on the results we have so far, the average person who takes this test correctly identifies 78% of the genders.

You were able to discriminate 72% of the facial expressions. Based on the results we have so far, the average person who takes this test correctly identifies 66% of the emotions.

Can anyone explain this to me. I only got into this webby today after i saw signs of AS. I was quite worried...

I had 75% for both gender and expression - higher than average which surprised me a bit. I thought most of the faces were female in the gender test and a lot of faces were neutral in the expression test.

I had 0/8 for unusual experiences (far lower than average) and 6/8 for social anxiety (higher than average and unsurprisingly so).

You had a score of 3 / 8 for unusual experiences. The average is 3.4.
You had a score of 7 / 8 for social anxiety. The average is 3.4

You were able to discriminate 85% of the face genders.
You were able to discriminate 80% of the facial expressions.


I'm a bit surprised that I scored above average on both face genders and facial expressions.