Interesting facial experiment

cianosheehan · #1 03-02-2005, 06:29 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbo...urveys/smiles/

Its about reading if a smile is fake or genuine.
I scored 12 out of 20,
Anyone else?

BDP · #2 03-02-2005, 07:00 AM

I got 11 out of 20

Pepsquad · #3 03-02-2005, 07:08 AM

That was interesting. I got 15 out of 20. What body part did you guys say was most useful? I had to think for a minute, but after replaying the images through my mind I realized it was in the eyes. Difficult to explain, but if you concentrate on the eyes instead of the mouth it was easier for some reason.

Guess the eyes really don't lie.

Pep.

olavfo · #4 03-02-2005, 08:13 AM

16 out of 20. I found the eyes to be most important.

olavfo

twang · #5 03-02-2005, 09:33 AM

I expected something entirely different when I saw this topic.

(13/20)

RydenStoompala · #6 03-02-2005, 10:35 AM

13/20 Eyes

Bill C · #7 03-02-2005, 11:13 AM

Interesting. I got 15/20, which I suspect is about average.
I thought the eyes were helpful. But one thing that really struck me was the speed with which some smilers stopped smiling, and the appearance of their faces when they stopped smiling. Real smiles are a response to something pleasant, and there should be some carryover; some lingering of the smile, however slight.

bill [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

The Goober · #8 03-02-2005, 08:14 PM

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Interesting. I got 15/20, which I suspect is about average.
I thought the eyes were helpful. But one thing that really struck me was the speed with which some smilers stopped smiling, and the appearance of their faces when they stopped smiling. Real smiles are a response to something pleasant, and there should be some carryover; some lingering of the smile, however slight.

bill [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Yeah, I noticed the same thing. I got 15/20, but I barely looked at the eyes at all during the experiment. I looked at the way their faces would return to the resting state after the smile - for the real smiles, the smile would linger a little bit, or else there would be a "weak means strong" type of tell, where the actor would force his/her mouth to almost a frowning position to overcompensate. For the fake smiles, the transition from blank expression to smile and back was smoother.

After finishing the test, I read the blurb about the eyes and looked back at the ones I got wrong and they seemed so obvious. Clearly the eyes are the way to go.

Interesting site.

Bataglin · #9 03-02-2005, 11:23 AM

17/20. I've gotta quit online and start playing more live...

Bataglin · #10 03-02-2005, 11:26 AM

and yes - their eyes