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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

wow, i'm pretty damn good at this

but then again, i'm NOT most people.

 

boing boing points us to a bbc quiz spot the fake smile

 

try it out here 

 

Spot The Fake Smile

Results

You got 19 out of 20 correct

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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.
Fake smiles can be performed at will, because the brain signals that create them come from the conscious part of the brain and prompt the zygomaticus major muscles in the cheeks to contract. These are the muscles that pull the corners of the mouth outwards.
Genuine smiles, on the other hand, are generated by the unconscious brain, so are automatic. When people feel pleasure, signals pass through the part of the brain that processes emotion. As well as making the mouth muscles move, the muscles that raise the cheeks – the orbicularis oculi and the pars orbitalis – also contract, making the eyes crease up, and the eyebrows dip slightly...........

4 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

The links were broken or I would have given it a shot! *fake smile*

Unknown said...

fixed the links (thanks)

Debra She Who Seeks said...

I got 12 out of 20. I defer to your prowess!

Unknown said...

over the years i've honed my bullshite detector