How to smile without looking like a creep

How much teeth should you show when you smile? How wide should your grin be, and what if it's crooked? Using a variety of computer-animated faces, researchers from the University of Minnesota have done their best to isolate the traits of a winning smile.

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Video by Jason Lederman

Narrated by Sophie Bushwick

Reported by Sarah Fecht

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[Quintusblake]

Step 1: don’t look to YouTube to learn how to smile

[penguinpvp]

why does it have to be this hard to smile good lmaoooo we need like angles and shit

[ralphrides]

When Herby smiles she tends to scare her friends, he he :)

[UnusualPete]

I must be an alien because, in my opinion, if you show any teeth, your smile is creepy.

[fatimahhabeeb]

Smile should be a real one from your heart not a fake one that you worry and control it.

[lildevil.]

Hahaha omg this made me laugh so *fucking much*

[chae]

Popular Science really is reaching, huh. I like the organization, but this is a bit silly.