The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. ‘Smiling Eyes’ Aren’t a Perfect Gauge of Emotions Smiles that lift the cheeks and crinkle the eyes aren’t necessarily a window to a person’s emotions, research finds.
In fact, these “smiling eye” smiles, called Duchenne smiles, seem to be related to smile intensity, rather than acting as an indicator of whether a person is happy or not, says Jeffrey Girard, a former postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University’s Language Technologies Institute.