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How good are you at spotting a fake smile?

I found this on the Internet. It tests whether or not you can spot a fake smile. I got 12 out of 20 correct.

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

-Mathew Nolton

Posted: Dec 29 2004, 09:28 AM by MatiasN | with 10 comment(s)
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Lamont said:

Got 17 out of 20.

I tend to observe the facial expression before and after a smile to determine whether or not a person is faking.
# December 29, 2004 9:51 AM

Daren said:

17 out of 20, its all in the eyes :)
# December 29, 2004 11:02 AM

K.E. McFeely said:

14 out of 20...I thought I would do better.
# December 29, 2004 12:13 PM

Eileen said:

18 out of 20 - I looked at their eyes.
# December 29, 2004 1:36 PM

Hammad Rajjoub said:

15/20...
it was eyes.. but i guess they are deceptive @ times ;)
# January 28, 2005 5:15 AM

Dismas said:

15/20 as well...Curious what the average score on the test is. They said it was low, but statistical data is not given.

# May 16, 2007 11:14 AM

LisaMarie said:

14/20....

But I am curious as to how they determined which of the smiles were fake and which were not...weren't all of these people told to "smile for the camera" either way? Where did they draw the distinction in order to determine the "correct" answers?

i looked around on the bbc site and didn't see this explained anywhere...

# July 16, 2007 4:03 PM

Fii said:

You got 18 out of 20 correct

It's all in the cheeks and eyebrows

# August 14, 2007 7:42 PM

Layla said:

I got 19/20 I found that it was all in the mouth and eyes when people are really smiling theres a glow in there eyes and there mouth tends to slowly build up to a smile and slowly build down.

# September 20, 2007 11:04 AM

Fenri said:

20/20

No idea what I did... I markd down 'genuine' for the smiles that made me smile.  The fake ones sorta had a.... bland feeling...

# September 22, 2007 3:21 PM
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