Can you spot the fake smile?

[mojo1701]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/smiles/.

Most people are surprisingly bad at spotting fake smiles. One possible explanation for this is that it may be easier for people to get along if they don't always know what others are really feeling.

Although fake smiles often look very similar to genuine smiles, they are actually slightly different, because they are brought about by different muscles, which are controlled by different parts of the brain.

I had 12/20.

 

[EricNoah]

18/20 here. Fun!

 

[Warrior Poet]

15/20

Fascinating.

Warrior Poet

 

[Dog Moon]

11/20.

Apparently I have no idea how to distinguish between the real ones and fakes one. My life's probably better not knowing.

 

[Warrior Poet]

18/20 here. Fun!

There's no swindling Mr. Noah!

Warrior Poet

 

[Desdichado]

16/20--I'm an emotion-reading ninja!

 

[spatha]

You got 16 out of 20 correct.
In most cases it is in the eyes that you can tell.

 

[Morrus]

18/20 for me! Yay!

 

[Goodsport]

I got 15/20 right. <---(Is that a genuine or a fake smile? )


-G

 

[Infiniti2000]

12/20 for me. I was basing my answers on how easy I thought the person was able to suddenly not smile. The way to spot fake vs genuine was fascinating.