Spotting Fake Smiles

[andrewducker]

I got 11/20 right.  Or about the same as if I just guessed.

Can you do better?

Comments

[nickys.livejournal.com]

No, I got 8/20

[heron61.livejournal.com]

15 of 20, and most of my errors were at the beginning. Once I got into the swing of it, it wasn't that difficult.

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[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

15 too - and, also worse at the beginning. I think it's about the end of the smile - if they stopped smiling instantly, I think it was more likely to be fake.

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[heron61.livejournal.com]

Also (for me at least) it was all about the eyes. If only the bottom half of their face was smiling, it was fake.

[original-aj.livejournal.com]

I got 14 - and two of the ones I got wrong were ones where I really wasn't sure. Interesting, thanks.

[derumi.livejournal.com]

I got 16 out of 20, much better than I thought. I got all the non-whites correct, I'm not sure if that means anything. I look at the eyes to see if it's a real smile. That first guy I missed I should've got if I was paying attention when the video ran.

[biscuitware.livejournal.com]

16 as well.

[loachie.livejournal.com]

16/20, and all my misses were men (I'm a girl).

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

I got 12 out of 20. *shrug*

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[andrewducker]

Ha, you're as unempathic as, as, as, um. me.

[sinpar.livejournal.com]

16 out of 20 from this side of the pond.
Cool quiz, thanks for posting.

[darkoshi]

I got 14/20. So, I'm not completely socially clueless, hmm.

Hmm...

[budgie-uk.livejournal.com]

Not sure why, but:

Spot the fake smiles
Results
You got 16 out of 20 correct

[terminalmalaise.livejournal.com]

I also got 16 out of 20. The trick did seem to be watching the eyes--the smile of the ones I pegged as fake either never reached the eyes or left them before the rest of the face returned to normal.

[drainboy.livejournal.com]

17 out of 20
The question at the end "which part of the face helped the most" I found misleading. The eyes helped but in general I went for speed of return to non-smile and the shoulder shake that shows they're laughing :)

[rainstorm.livejournal.com]

16/20 and two of the ones i got wrong i was unsure about..

[ekatarina.livejournal.com]

I had a problem with the interface and actually missed the first smile altogether. I got it wrong and ended up with 17/20. The other two misses were ones I wasn't sure about.

Maybe I have learned something from working retail?

Ugh.

Ekatarina

[moniqueleigh]

I got 17 out of 20. The 3 I missed were the ones about which I was most uncertain. (In at least one, the angle of the person's head throughout was rather... odd.)