Smiling eyes might be lying ######.

University of Minnesota researchers have ###### that anthropomorphic emojis, like language, ###### get lost in translation, causing ###### misunderstandings.

This happens two ways.

@@@@@'@ the technical translation glitch. What's ###### as a smiling face from ###### Google Nexus would appear as ###### frown on the recipient's Apple ###### and vice versa.]]>
Hannah ######, a third-year doctoral student, is ###### of the university's GroupLens research ###### and posted the findings on ###### GroupLens blog. Miller said she ###### human-computer interaction, studying how to ###### technology to improve quality of ###### and social interaction.

To demonstrate ###### study's findings, Miller's blog post ###### how the "grinning face with ###### eyes" appears across 10 platforms. ###### emoji is varied. Some show ######.]]>
To ###### how emoji diversity can cause ######, Miller and the researchers used ###### of the 22 most popular ###### emojis. They asked participants to ###### the emoji in words and ###### their personal emotional reaction as ######.

"We found that in many ######, there is quite a bit ###### potential for miscommunication," Miller wrote.]]>
Researchers had recipients rank ###### emojis on a scale of ###### 5 to positive 5 in ###### of emotional response.

For nine ###### the 22 emojis tested, the ###### difference in emotional rating between ###### platforms was greater than two ######.

People also described emojis differently.

###### seeing an Apple emoji of ###### person raising both hands in ######, people described it as "stop" ###### "clap." When describing Google's version ###### the same character, people used "######" and "hand," Miller wrote.

Miller ###### the finding that "really surprised" ###### was that a "good deal ###### the potential for miscommunication may ###### from different interpretations of the ###### same emoji rendering."]]>
Here's the kicker: Whether ###### use the same platform and ###### the same emoji or whether ###### see different emojis, the variance ###### emotional interpretation is almost identical.

###### the -5 to +5 scale, ###### found that the sender and ###### will differ an average of @.@@ points in terms of reaction ###### the emoji - when the ###### is translated across platforms.

However, ###### within the same platform, say ###### Apple to Apple reactions, the ###### difference is 1.88 points.

In ###### comments, Miller pointed out that ###### scholars argue that emoji use ###### a seismic shift in language, ###### understanding its role in human ###### is important in developing the ###### generation of technology.

The idea ###### the study started germinating when ###### noticed that an emoji she ###### on Facebook wasn't identical to ###### she saw on her phone.]]>
Co-author Isaac ###### said the students had fun ###### the study. "It really caught ###### imagination," he said.

The study ###### 304 people in various pairings ###### replicate how reactions would differ ###### two-way conversations.

Miller posted on ###### blog April 5 and saw ###### slowly expand.]]>
She ###### her colleagues already are preparing ###### studies. Areas of interest include ###### interpretations of emoji as well ###### how emojis are interpreted in ###### context of language and messages.]]>
###### ultimate goal is to make ###### better for humans, Miller said.

###### paper on the research will ###### published as part of the ###### AAAI International Conference on Weblogs ###### Social Media in Cologne, Germany, ###### month. The GroupLens lab is ###### of the Department of Computer ###### and Engineering.]]>