A short instructional YouTube segment by Vanessa Van Edwards explaining how to distinguish subtle fake smiles from genuine smiles. Demonstrates that genuine smiles activate the eyes (crow’s feet, raised cheeks, lower eyelid movement) while fake smiles often only involve a small upward mouth turn; notes that masks obscure fake smiles but reveal authentic smiles by highlighting eye activation.
Let's look at subtle versus real smiles. So I want to show you. This is a subtle fake smile and a subtle real smile. Also, sometimes smiles don't involve the teeth. That is okay. You can absolutely real smile all the way up into the cheeks by not showing the teeth. So here's a great example of that. So on the left, you see, this is a subtle fake smile. There is a small upward turn of the mouth on the bottom, but it does not reach up into his eyes. Even with glasses on you can see that. Whereas look at this one. This is a real smile. No teeth showing. But you can very clearly see those crow's feet on the side of the face. Even glasses on does not have to be all tea, but genuine cheek smile. Here's with a mask, I've learned this that fake smiles, you can't see under a mask. So if someone is fake smiling under a mask, it just looks like you're neutral. It doesn't reach the top half of the face. So the only smile that people can see while wearing a mask has to be authentic. She is smiling on the left, you can't tell. Whereas the real mask smile, you can see that it activates her eyes so much so that it even pushes her lower eyelids up. Perfect genuine smile.
