It seems people who have suffered a number of rejections, be it from would-be lovers or friends, are more adept at spotting out contrived shows of emotion, such as fake smiles:
“This seems to be a skill we’ve acquired through evolution,” said researcher Michael Bernstein, a doctoral student in social psychology at Miami University in Ohio. “Living in groups several hundreds of years ago was extremely important to survival. Being kicked out of the group was like death, so they became very good at reading facial expressions and social cues.”
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