At this time of year we're all trying to avoid falling sick – but are you able to detect the subtle signs that someone is ill? Overall, they found that women were more accurate than men at distinguishing between a person who was sick or unwell. 'When feeling sick, people reliably exhibit observable signs in their faces. People are, overall, sensitive to the lassitude expression in naturally sick faces,' the team, from the University of Miami, said. Left is picture A, right is picture BOf these two images, which do you think shows the person when they are sick?

Source: Daily Mail December 22, 2025 02:22 UTC