The perception and mimicry of facial movements predict judgments of smile authenticity.

The mechanisms through which people perceive different types of smiles and judge their authenticity remain unclear. Here, 19 different types of smiles were created based on the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), using highly controlled, dynamic avatar faces. Participants observed short videos of sm...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Korb, Stéphane With, Paula Niedenthal, Susanne Kaiser, Didier Grandjean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4053432?pdf=render