Do you like looking at people’s faces? If yes, you can test if you have the ability to recognise a fake smile with a quiz from www.bbc.co.uk.The quiz shows 20 short video clips of people smiling. Below the video are two choices: fake or genuine. After finishing the quiz, you will get your score. The higher it is, the better you are in spotting smiles!
Some excerpts from the website:
“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.”
You can access the quiz by following the link below.
