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jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Kind of interting if you are bored.....

www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/index.shtml

I was surprised I got 16/20

Not sure how much was guessing or just a feeling?

Badmojo · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject:

Only 14... thought I'd get more.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

16/20 but should have done better as I was distracted by 2 phone calls and missed the video for 2 of smiles. Anyhow I knew about the eyes and wrinkles from a discovery show I watched about 2 months ago.

plokiju · Joined: 15 Mar 2005

I got 15/20. I thought that I probably got about about 8 right. I guess it's hard to fail when you have a 50/50 shot at each answer.

kermo · Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject:

18/20 was better than I thought I would do.
Thanks for that, Mr. Dude. I enjoyed myself.

The subjects were pretty easy to read because they seemed to be responding to some obvious cues, i.e., people offscreen saying something funny, then instructing them to put on a straight face. The fake smilers were more likely to look straight at the camera. One of them didn't smile with her eyes at all.. very creepy.

I confess I was a little biased when I saw the Asian girl-- I immediately assumed she would be a faker because of the countless times I've watched Koreans posing for pictures and even practising their smiles into their own cameras.

The biggest giveaway, I thought, was the shoulder movement of the subjects. If they were genuinely amused, they tended to shake their shoulders a little as they chuckled.

Interesting stuff. I messed up on the blond girl at the beginning and the white-haired guy at the end.

Freezer Burn · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Location: Busan

16/20 You can tell by the eyes if it is a real smile, some of the videos really didn't give you enough time.

Interesting website.