There was a lot of attention about smiles when we began to wear masks. Smiles are the "big, kind of obvious way that we say, 'Not a threat'"
Not wonder we started to worry about being masked. One article says there are 10 types of smiles - reward smiles, affiliative smiles, dominance smiles, lying smiles, wistful, polite, flirtatious, embarrassed, Pan Am (forced, fake), and finally, Duchenne (genuine enjoyment) - the gold standard.
The articles point out that eyes also smile. That's considered the Duchenne smile and referred to as "smizing." You can learn how to smile better with your eyes in this tutorial here. I think the tutorial is on the creepy side - the person is Tyra Banks and she's got so much makeup on her eyes that you can't help but stare at her. She has various tutorials to teach levels of "smizing" if you are interested. Once I found out about the types of smiles, it seems to me that her smiles are all variations of a 'dominant' and aggressive smile. So that explains the creepy side of her smizing.
And what about the upside down smile - the one that has been scrambled - it is called the Thatcher Effect. Most of find this one creepy - not the cute upside-down emoji face with a smile.
Here's the Donald Trump illusion in action - maybe this one isn't an illusion at all.
Finally, there's a site with a trivia quiz where the celebrity faces are mixed up and you have to guess who they are. This comes from the website sporcle (4,380,331,550 quizzes played) HERE.
