Recent work suggests that temporal aspects of facial displays influence the perception of the perceived authenticity of a
smile. In the present research, the impact of temporal aspects of smiles on person and expression perception was explored
in combination with head-tilt and gender. One hundred participants were shown different types of smiles (slow versus fast
onset) in combination with three forms of head-tilt (none, left, or right) exhibited by six computer-generated male and female
encoders. The encoders were rated for perceived attractiveness, trustworthiness, dominance, and the smiles were rated for
flirtatiousness and authenticity. Slow onset smiles led to more positive evaluations of the encoder and the smiles. Judgments
were also significantly influenced by head-tilt and participant and encoder gender, demonstrating the combined effect of all
three variables on expression and person perception.
Keywords Dynamics - Emotions - Facial expressions - Perception of emotions - Person perception