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Comment author: eugman 22 October 2010 02:23:03AM *  1 point [-]

Well for those two, I think there are two possible differences. Guilty people are going to be looking down more and possibly have there eyes closed a bit more.

Possible attributes off the top of my head:

  • eye contact

  • general eye direction

  • direction of the face

  • open/closed

  • eyebrows

  • head tilt (look at number 21for a great example)

  • wrinkled/furrowed face

Are there any more? That's definitely enough to categorize most emotions.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 22 October 2010 11:13:56AM 2 points [-]

A few important ones

  • pupil dilation
  • narrowing of eyelids
  • wrinkles in the bridge of the nose
  • wrinkles in muscles around the eyes
  • symmetry of movement

When you think about it, it's quite telling about just how expressive our eyes are when this test expects people coming out substantially below average to still pick correctly twice as frequently as if they were just guessing.