![]() Please be aware of the many factors that can influence one’s perception of a facial expression such as: cultural biases, racial biases, mood biases, photo quality, head angle, lighting, teeth, etc. NOTE 2 : Due to sample size, potential recognition of actors or famous killers, research methods, and the unlimited limitations of being a one-woman band, survey results should not be considered a true representation. (Results revealed near the end of this post.) Regardless of what is and is not possible, the main purpose of this survey was to study: What do people THINK a serial killer’s smile looks like? Even in such instances, the ability to determine character would be deeply affected by various obstacles such as individual assessment skills, individual biases, cultural biases, relationship to said killer, perceived attractiveness of said killer, etc. From a series of photos or from video footage? More likely – but still a maybe. NOTE 1: I do not directly believe it is possible to correctly identify a serial killer from a single photo. Survey participants were asked to vote on which two smiles they believed to be the smiles of serial killers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two of the four were smiles of convicted serial killers. Last week, I posted four photos of different people smiling with only their lower faces exposed. ![]()
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