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  • Computer Vision
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Distinguishing genuine happiness from feigned smiles is crucial for social interaction.
  • Automated facial expression analysis tools are increasingly used but may lack human nuance.
  • The role of eye and mouth expressions in perceived happiness requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the discrimination of prototypical happy faces versus blended expressions with non-happy eyes.
  • To compare human perceivers' and automated facial analysis (FACET) performance in smile discrimination.
  • To examine the influence of eye expression type/intensity and facial features on discrimination accuracy.

Main Methods:

  • Human observers rated facial stimuli for happiness and valence.
  • FACET software analyzed facial expressions and facial action units (AUs).
  • Controlled for physical properties like image statistics and visual saliency in stimuli.

Main Results:

  • Blended expressions with angry eyes had lower discrimination thresholds than those with neutral eyes.
  • Human observers demonstrated superior discrimination sensitivity compared to FACET software.
  • Affective valence predicted human performance, while morphological AUs predicted FACET performance.

Conclusions:

  • FACET is effective for prototypical expressions but limited in discriminating subtle, blended expressions.
  • Human configural processing aids in detecting incongruences, enhancing detection of non-genuine smiles.
  • Automated systems require further development to match human accuracy in complex facial expression analysis.