Comments on: We can hear smiles -- and tell big ones from little ones http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/we-can-hear-smiles-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 06:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Susan Oliver http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/we-can-hear-smiles-a.html#comment-107024 Susan Oliver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-107024 Telemarketers and other phone workers have been told to smile for years because it's been known for years - see for example the 1994 Journal of the Accoustical Society of America article "Hearing smiles and frowns in normal and whisper registers". This new study is both a)corroborative and b)expansive (in that the test subjects can tell details about the smiles - v. cool!). Telemarketers and other phone workers have been told to smile for years because it’s been known for years – see for example the 1994 Journal of the Accoustical Society of America article “Hearing smiles and frowns in normal and whisper registers”. This new study is both a)corroborative and b)expansive (in that the test subjects can tell details about the smiles – v. cool!).

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/we-can-hear-smiles-a.html#comment-106526 Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106526 Jeremiah Britt, telemarketers and salesmen get told a lot of things. This is about quantifiably knowing it. Jeremiah Britt, telemarketers and salesmen get told a lot of things. This is about quantifiably knowing it.

]]> By: JeremiahBritt http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/we-can-hear-smiles-a.html#comment-106274 JeremiahBritt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106274 This is fantastically old news. Telemarketers and phone workers of other flavors have been told this for years: smile when talking. This is fantastically old news. Telemarketers and phone workers of other flavors have been told this for years: smile when talking.

]]> By: Warren Camishen http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/we-can-hear-smiles-a.html#comment-106284 Warren Camishen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106284 nc ttndd tlk by th mstr f mrphc rsnnc RPRT SHLDRK nd h spnt qt dl f tm dlntng hw ccrtly hmn bngs cn tll f thy'r bng STRD t (strd t frm bhnd n stdy fshn) ccrdng t Shldrk, slly w cn tll f w'r bng strd t. Snds w bt lk ths dlghtfl stdy. t sms t m tht t's bvs w cn ll slly tll whn smn s smlng (vn v spkn bt f d) bcs w ll grw p 100% f th tm sng fcs (wth smls) nd hrng ccmpnyng vcs tht mk ll typs f xprssns (ncldng smls) Rmnds m f th rcrdng f BB DYLN'S "115th Drm" whr n cn ctlly sns Dyln's xprssv fc lghng s h nd prdcr Tm Wlsn crck p. nc ttndd tlk by th mstr f mrphc rsnnc RPRT SHLDRK nd h spnt qt dl f tm dlntng hw ccrtly hmn bngs cn tll f thy’r bng STRD t (strd t frm bhnd n stdy fshn)

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]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/we-can-hear-smiles-a.html#comment-106292 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106292 look up "sakki"(in a Japanese context) look up “sakki”(in a Japanese context)

]]> By: James Sanders http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/we-can-hear-smiles-a.html#comment-106723 James Sanders Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106723 #2 - Wow! I was just listening to 115th Dream yesterday and that's exactly what I thought of when I read this! While I was listening to it I was thinking that the second take, which he plays to conclusion, couldn't possibly have been recorded so soon after the giggly first take, because all the smile is gone from his voice. Very interesting nuance of human perception. #2 – Wow! I was just listening to 115th Dream yesterday and that’s exactly what I thought of when I read this! While I was listening to it I was thinking that the second take, which he plays to conclusion, couldn’t possibly have been recorded so soon after the giggly first take, because all the smile is gone from his voice. Very interesting nuance of human perception.

]]> By: Willis http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/we-can-hear-smiles-a.html#comment-106735 Willis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106735 I work in radio and just like telemarketers, the first thing an announcer learns is to smile while speaking. You can definitely hear the difference. I work in radio and just like telemarketers, the first thing an announcer learns is to smile while speaking. You can definitely hear the difference.

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