Can you Spot the Fake Smiles -- BBC QUIZ 20 questions ~ 10 minutes

[OrionzRevenge]

Alright guys, the Ladies have us with verbal skills
Let's show'em we can read the road map of the face.

I got 16 out of 20

[kari]

17/20

[pensive_pilgrim]

5 out of 20

fuck this shit

[OrionzRevenge]

[Anon]

18/20

I guessed #3 and #16 incorrectly. I think #3 might have been British though and #16 looks like a criminal, so they don't count. I'm curious about what role pessimism vs. optimism plays in this. I tend to be more pessimistic.

[MoneyJungle]

15 of 20. Better than I expected. I thought the shoulders were the most useful piece of anatomy to recognizing the genuine article. Real vs fake smiling is a strange dichotomy.

[JollyBard]

17/20

It's the eyes. In a real smile, the muscles around the eyes contract, also called a Duchenne smile. Plus, the fake smiles looked damn creepy! They really chose the creepiest people for this. I loved the person with the unkempt mullet.

[OrionzRevenge]

^^^Good point, and stuff like low self-esteem etc.
^^ Yeah, I kept thinking: Ok, how did they get these actors to REAL smile on cue???

[Lurker]

18/20

I did some research on body language once, so I just looked for crinkling around the eyes.

Edit: What JollyBard said

[Lunar Delta]

16/20.

It's all in the eyes.