of taking pictures has become a daily necessity. “How I fake laughed!” nowadays! We focus on the photos we search.

Photos taken as a keepsake, special moments to immortalize or collective photos with our friends… Let’s explore together why it is difficult to smile naturally in photos and the underlying facts.

Who is that famous scientist who named our natural smile?

He has conducted important studies in the field of electrophysiology, fake smile and real smile Let’s teleport back to the 1860s, when French neurologist Guillaume Duchenne, who conducted many experiments on the subject, was doing his work.

Duchenne, in his work titled The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression, makes exactly the point we need, viz investigated the relationship between emotions and facial expressions. The famous scientist has conducted such important studies in this field that the real, that is, natural smile comes from joy “The Duchenne Smile” named as.

How can we tell if the smile in the photo is real or fake?

Besides our lip edges arching up in spontaneous i.e. naturally occurring smiles, the main point that reveals itself is; wrinkled crow’s feet. So actually mouth movement is not enough for a real smile!

What muscles work on our face when we smile?

When it comes to smiling, we all think of it first. curved mouth movement coming. You can even smile as you try to figure out which muscles these are, and our lips are curved upwards thanks to the large cheekbone muscles. But of course it’s not that simple!

Of course it’s no coincidence that the eyes squint when laughing, it’s our muscles called orbicularis oculi that do this. These muscles cause the eyes to shrink indirectly, it makes our crow’s feet stand out when laughing.

The brain can understand the artificial smile!

Physiological symptoms, overused muscles, of course, cannot accompany our artificial smile. The spontaneous process of natural smiling is incomplete if done forcibly, and the brain cannot feel the emotions underlying facial expressions. has enormous capabilities. So it’s not easy to fool him!

duchenne, our eye and cheek muscles don’t work together emphasizes that smiles are fake. Like our fake smiles that often appear when we force ourselves to smile in our passport photos.

There is an interesting connection between artificial smiles and airline flight attendants.

We said natural and genuine smiles are the Duchenne smile, but is there a name for the opposite false smiles? Yes, if they are fake smiles “Pan American smile” it is called.

With this artificial smile on the faces of Pan American Airlines flight attendants as a result of welcoming and hosting passengers such a term was born. At the same time, with the increase of Botox procedures in recent times, these smiles, which have less emotion and expression, are also called “Botox Smile”.

What happens in the brain with real and fake smiles, which are actually different situations in terms of facial expressions and muscles used?

As a result of the examinations, the activity of the left part of the brain is normal, that is, the natural flow is smiling. more than artificial smiles seen. It has been found that the left side is more active and that spontaneous smiles activate the part where positive emotions are processed, but this does not occur in forced smiles.

Can a real smile be faked?

Your answer to this question will probably be no. Get ready to be surprised! The natural smile, the so-called Duchenne Smile, effectively stimulates the facial muscles. those who learn to use and make a serious effort in this work can be imitated.

In an experiment conducted in 2013, participants were asked to act out certain scenarios for the cameras and A serious share of 71% of the participants It was concluded that he could imitate the real smile.

If so much theoretical knowledge is enough, let’s test together what we have learned. Can you guess which of the smiles below is natural and which is fake?

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Now we know what to do when taking a photo and can distinguish which smiles we see on social media are fake. Besides, you tested yourself your score on the mini test You can share it with us in the comments!