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I guess it's quiz day. The BBC has a cool online test (http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index.shtml) where you view a selection of real and fake smiles, and try to tell the difference. You also get to view quite a few sets of British teeth. Need I say more?
I figured I'd be good at it, since I'm pretty accurate at reading people, but then I figured that everybody imagines they're good at it, so I decided I would suck.
Much to my surprise, I got 19 of 20 correct. Give it a shot!
You got 12 out of 20 correct
Wow...I suck! 12 out of 20...:shame:
17. Just watch the eyes and it's easy
Incongruous
06-14-2007, 07:18
16 out of 20.
Yeah, I know you.....
CountArach
06-14-2007, 07:50
14, but I got 13 out of the last 15 correct. Really easy once you figure it out.
Lorenzo_H
06-14-2007, 07:50
15 out of 20. Its the eyes.
Warluster
06-14-2007, 10:05
yeah! I got 18 out of 20 smiles right! Whoa!
Mithrandir
06-14-2007, 12:17
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index_13.shtml?
Scary
17
It was a combination of the feeling I got and the body movement, many of the genuine laughs include some shaking of the head because the whole body kind of laughs. It tried watching the eyes but to me eyes are eyes, they will keep their colour and that black hole in the middle, whether you fake or not.:shrug:
Dutch_guy
06-14-2007, 13:31
15 out of 20 - think I could do better though.
:balloon2:
Warmaster Horus
06-14-2007, 13:51
Meh, 10 on 20.
Also to note is the other very useful tests and quizes on the BBC's site. I once spent a whole afternoon checking it all out.
KukriKhan
06-14-2007, 17:09
9 of 20. It wasn't until face #15 that I figured out to push "play" to see the video. Duh! I thought they were just still pix, and thought "You call these smiles?!".
I am an idiot. :laugh4:
Kagemusha
06-14-2007, 17:26
I got 18 out of 20. I messed up with 3rd and 13th.:beam: I watched the eyes like i always do.
16 out of 20. I'm aware I could've had them all right, if I hadn't been drinking these beers and paying better attention.
Plebian#10
06-14-2007, 18:18
13 out of 20 - better than I thought i would score.
Kralizec
06-14-2007, 18:33
11 out of 20 - I suck.
9 of 20. It wasn't until face #15 that I figured out to push "play" to see the video. Duh! I thought they were just still pix, and thought "You call these smiles?!".
*commits suicide*
There was a "play" button?
seireikhaan
06-14-2007, 18:52
12 out of 20, not so good. I did get 7 of the last 8, though. I had a similar problem to Kukri, although I figured it out by the 4th vid. One word to many of the folks in those vids: Braces!:beam:
Dutch_guy
06-14-2007, 19:18
There was a "play" button?
You're joking, right ?
:balloon2:
You're joking, right ?
:balloon2:
erhh no, I'll take the test again, maybe I'll do better now
10 out of 20, it's easier like this yes
19 out of 20. Number 11 escaped me, although reviewing it, I can't see why.
13. But then I got 12 out of the last 15.
You got 18 out of 20 correct
Definitely the eyes plus, perhaps, an healthy amount of intuition.
Quid
71-hour Ahmed
06-15-2007, 00:48
Spot The Fake Smile
Results
You got 16 out of 20 correct
Interesting, since I was focussing almost purely on the mouth. I can't read peoples eyes at all. Plus I got screwed on some as I double-clicked on play and couldn't watch the video at all (yes I'm an idiot).
Most people pull their lips back from their mouths with a genuine smile and move their head. If the lips stay together or they overbite them it generally isn't genuine. Or so I reckon.
scotchedpommes
06-15-2007, 05:02
Interesting, since I was focussing almost purely on the mouth. I can't read peoples eyes at all. Plus I got screwed on some as I double-clicked on play and couldn't watch the video at all (yes I'm an idiot).
Most people pull their lips back from their mouths with a genuine smile and move their head. If the lips stay together or they overbite them it generally isn't genuine. Or so I reckon.
N'mind, just saw the explanation under the results:
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.
AntiochusIII
06-15-2007, 07:21
17 out of 20. Not bad considering I'm going half from the eyes and half from my guts.
Rodion Romanovich
06-15-2007, 07:25
After the test it says it's difficult to recognize fake smiles... bollocks, I tells ya, I discovered all the fake smiles as well as a few fakes among the supposedly genuine smiles that not even the test maker discovered!
doc_bean
06-15-2007, 11:13
17, not bad, it's indeed the eyes, blinking seems to be a good sign too.
Caerfanan
06-15-2007, 14:02
17 for me. Most of the genuine smiles make me want to smile back, and the eyes help a lot!
Togakure
06-17-2007, 17:02
18 out of 20 correct for me. The two that I missed were fake, I took them to be genuine (I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt unless I have some pattern of reasons not to).
Togakure
06-17-2007, 17:04
Oops, double-posted somehow. Please excuse me.
That was an odd assortment of people....
Samurai Waki
06-18-2007, 09:26
17 out of 20. Meh.
FactionHeir
06-18-2007, 12:51
18 of 20. Got 17 and 18 incorrect. Even though 17 was quite obvious....
18 is a killer.
TevashSzat
06-18-2007, 13:53
19 out of 20
The key is whether there are creases or wrinkles around the eyes since that generally mean that it is genuine
14 out of 20.. suprised me, just felt like wild guesses.. :embarassed:
The key is whether there are creases or wrinkles around the eyes since that generally mean that it is genuine
Umm...if you can show two pictures with their differences that will help a lot.
I tend to agree with Drisos here, it felt like wild guesses... :dizzy2:
Marshal Murat
06-19-2007, 05:10
I thought by 'smiles' they meant 'teeth' so the first 8 or so I was picking which ones looked like real teeth, and which ones were dentures (I was surprised for a Brit group to have such straight teeth).
I actually did good by that method, and then I realized I had to look at the 'smile'.
12 out of 20.
:wall:
Cheeks were the give-away, then what they did after the smile.
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