Spot the Fake Smile

**Slyspy** · 06-14-2007, 21:23

17 for me.

**Quid** · 06-14-2007, 22:08

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

Originally Posted by 71-hour Ahmed

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).