Learn how to spot a fake smile

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I think I screwed mine up.
I didn't know I was supposed to push the play button. I must be stupid or something...

14 out of 20 correct

12 out of 20 correct

18, but I'm thinking that I'm AS less and less each day, so whatever.

The ones I got wrong were the two blonde girls. Hm. Looking at it again it's obvious that they were faking, don't know how I missed it...

Good lord... I thought all the smiles looked the same.

8 out of 20 correct

11 out of 10. Bah. More than half right, it'll do.

18 out of 20. I know a few people who fake smile and fake laugh all the time. The eyes say a lot.

On a random side note, I was far more interested in the person's face and tooth condition than the actual smile.

I got half of them right. I guessed fake for all of them. I didn't look at their eyes or at their face muscles. I just looked at their mouths.

16 correct, but I did a fair amount of guessing. I didn't look at they eyes, but how much their head moved (I figure a fake smile will be stiffer, no head movement, and pursed lips) and how quickly they reverted to a non smiling state. If something makes you smile for real, you don't just lose it instantly.

A couple of observations:

Am I alone in thinking a lot of the subjects were a little scary looking?

also--

I'm wondering if they were able to replicate actual smile conditions in the studio, or they had people trained in how to accurately portray a "real" smile. If that's the case, then none of them were genuine.

Yeah, I noticed that too. It was slightly distracting.



I think they probably did something to make them actually laugh or smile, and just told the others to smile. Otherwise the test wouldn't have been accurate.

I'm wondering if they were able to replicate actual smile conditions in the studio, or they had people trained in how to accurately portray a "real" smile. If that's the case, then none of them were genuine.

That's mostly why I guessed fake. That and I didn't have a clue.

The strangest thing to me was how quickly they turned the smiles off (including the supposedly real ones). I don't see how that could happen easily.

11/20

I never really thought about fake smiles...I always thought people smiled for good reasons you know? I only smile when something really does make me happy or is genuinely funny.

I gotta look for this in real life...not that I could tell anyway, I got 50/50 on the test due to guessing.

12 out of 20 for me