Spot the fake smile

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » October 30, 2005, 5:34 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/ ... ndex.shtml

Kaelina · Post by **Kaelina** » October 30, 2005, 5:39 pm

Results
You got 17 out of 20 correct

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » October 30, 2005, 6:06 pm

Kaelina wrote:Results
You got 17 out of 20 correct

GJ Kaelina!

Also notice how big teeth the british peeps have!

Trek · Post by **Trek** » October 30, 2005, 6:36 pm

I only got 11

Fash · Post by **Fash** » October 30, 2005, 7:05 pm

15 of 20.. shoulda been a little higher but i second guessed myself..

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » October 30, 2005, 7:06 pm

18/20

I got 1 and 7 wrong.

It's pretty easy to tell when someone's really smiling or not 99% of the time (or I guess 90% in this case!). It touches your eyes if you're really smiling.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » October 30, 2005, 7:08 pm

kyoukan wrote:18/20

I got 1 and 7 wrong.

It's pretty easy to tell when someone's really smiling or not 99% of the time (or I guess 90% in this case!). It touches your eyes if you're really smiling.

Exactly!

Leonaerd · Post by **Leonaerd** » October 30, 2005, 7:22 pm

11 out of 20. I suck.

StupidMcDupid · Post by **StupidMcDupid** » October 30, 2005, 7:30 pm

#5 has a big ass gap between his teeth lol.

16 out of 20 for me.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » October 30, 2005, 8:17 pm

gah, 13 20

Drinsic Darkwood · Post by **Drinsic Darkwood** » October 30, 2005, 8:38 pm

18 out of 20. Numbers 3 and 8 threw me off. Eyes are definitely the best indicator.

Leonaerd · Post by **Leonaerd** » October 30, 2005, 8:47 pm

I don't understand the relation of how eyes affect a smile. I can see, obviously, that people are successful in finding reasons as to why they could be indicative of whether or not a smile is real, but I simply cannot. What is there to look for? Is it a matter of looking for a certain glimmer, or something else physically oriented? Or is it not among the lines of physical means, but rather a feeling generated by simply looking into the eyes?

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » October 30, 2005, 9:58 pm

13 reminds me of satan

valryte · Post by **valryte** » October 30, 2005, 10:15 pm

I love how their study says most people are bad at spotting fake smiles, yet so far most people here are good at it.

Dexail · Post by **Dexail** » October 30, 2005, 10:22 pm

14 out of 20

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » October 31, 2005, 5:08 am

Leonaerd wrote:I don't understand the relation of how eyes affect a smile. I can see, obviously, that people are successful in finding reasons as to why they could be indicative of whether or not a smile is real, but I simply cannot. What is there to look for? Is it a matter of looking for a certain glimmer, or something else physically oriented? Or is it not among the lines of physical means, but rather a feeling generated by simply looking into the eyes?

I read something on it once in a magazine (I think it was cosmo or vogue or something so its not like it was popular science). they spoke to some photographers and eye specialists about how someone's eyes change when their mood changes suddenly. if its a fake smile your mood doesnt really change, but if you see or think of something that is amusing your mood lightens and your eyes change. that is why photographers always try and make you laugh when they are taking a casual picture of you.

It's something to do with the iris diaphragm opening up with more color and less black.

Rivera Bladestrike · Post by **Rivera Bladestrike** » October 31, 2005, 5:39 am

15 out of 20 correct

Spang · Post by **Spang** » October 31, 2005, 7:18 am

18/20

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » October 31, 2005, 7:24 am

15 out of 20 here.

Canoe · Post by **Canoe** » October 31, 2005, 10:29 am

17/20 and should have been 18, clicked the wrong one on the last dude!

Atokal · Post by **Atokal** » October 31, 2005, 12:51 pm

18 of 20

Got 3 and 17 wrong.

Noysyrump · Post by **Noysyrump** » October 31, 2005, 1:26 pm

16 out of 20

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » October 31, 2005, 2:09 pm

17 out of 20...

Leonaerd wrote:Is it a matter of looking for a certain glimmer, or something else physically oriented?

People's eyes "light up" why they're really happy, facial expressions don't seem forced either. You can spot someone lying almost every time the same way with some practice. Really good liars are few and far between.

My skills at "spot the looney" are just about 100% correct on the first impression too

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 31, 2005, 2:40 pm

Real or fake?

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » October 31, 2005, 5:08 pm

18 out of 20

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » October 31, 2005, 5:26 pm

18 out of 20 here too, but I use to be a counselor so I thought I would have gotten them all right, lol!

Marb

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » October 31, 2005, 5:39 pm

17/20

Vaemas · Post by **Vaemas** » October 31, 2005, 7:17 pm

18/20. Missed #3 and #11.

And jesus, #13 is one scary person.

Burke · Post by **Burke** » November 1, 2005, 10:54 am

20 out of 20
and I thought I was doing horrible 2/3rds of the way through.

I need to play the lottery today.

Kyria · Post by **Kyria** » November 1, 2005, 12:13 pm

I got 19/20... missed #3

...and I was thinking the same thing about 13 hehe

Diae Soulmender · Post by **Diae Soulmender** » November 1, 2005, 9:48 pm

14 out of 20

TheDarkreigns · Post by **TheDarkreigns** » November 2, 2005, 6:19 pm

15/20

Draaxx · Post by **Draaxx** » November 3, 2005, 12:30 pm

got 19 out of 20, missed number 3.

If you read the description at the bottom it pretty much explains how to distiguish the two. In most cases its easy (i thought atleast) to determine which is fake or not because when someone smiles for real, their whole face gets involved in the smile not just their mouth.

Janx · Post by **Janx** » November 3, 2005, 3:04 pm

You got 19 out of 20 correct

Missed #3 as well.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » November 3, 2005, 3:50 pm

I got 15 of 20, because I guessed a few real smiles were fake. I have a very distrusting nature.