Tuesday, 27 October 2015

The Ideal Duration Of Smile Between Performer And Observer


Smile is meant to make people feel pleased to see you. Making a positive impression on others is dependent on the duration of smile. Hanibuchi et al. did a study to determine how observers perceive smile based on the duration of smiles. The smile patterns differed in duration between was fast (275 ms), normal (550 ms) and slow (1100 ms). 6 actors who can express smiles easily were selected for smiling for different duration. Actors as well as 20 other participants who were university and graduate students were observers for evaluating the experiment.

They found different results for actors and other participants who were not trained for smiling. Actors had more positive impressions when duration of smile was normal, which is 550 ms, and negative impressions in slow and fast conditions. While participants had more positive impressions when duration of smile was slow and fast. The duration for which smile should be given depends on who is on the receiving end. So make sure whether your crush is an actress or not before you give a smile to her.

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Reference - Shumpei Hanibuchi, Shogo Nishida and Kyoko Ito. Graduate School of Engineering Science Osaka University. 
Research paper name - A study of impression differences between smile performers and observers -Toward the Significance of Smile Training. 
Published in – IEEE (2010)

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