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| Title |
Aspects of Facial Contrast Decrease with Age and Are Cues for Age Perception
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0057985 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Aurélie Porcheron, Emmanuelle Mauger, Richard Russell |
| Abstract |
Age is a primary social dimension. We behave differently toward people as a function of how old we perceive them to be. Age perception relies on cues that are correlated with age, such as wrinkles. Here we report that aspects of facial contrast-the contrast between facial features and the surrounding skin-decreased with age in a large sample of adult Caucasian females. These same aspects of facial contrast were also significantly correlated with the perceived age of the faces. Individual faces were perceived as younger when these aspects of facial contrast were artificially increased, but older when these aspects of facial contrast were artificially decreased. These findings show that facial contrast plays a role in age perception, and that faces with greater facial contrast look younger. Because facial contrast is increased by typical cosmetics use, we infer that cosmetics function in part by making the face appear younger. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 367 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 96 | 26% |
| United States | 6 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Central African Republic | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | <1% |
| Cabo Verde | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 2% |
| Unknown | 248 | 68% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 362 | 99% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | <1% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | <1% |
| Scientists | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 105 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 22% |
| Researcher | 14 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 10% |
| Other | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 24 | 22% |
| Unknown | 17 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 43 | 39% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 10% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 6% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Unknown | 26 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 219. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 April 2023.
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#164,546
of 24,380,741 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#2,479
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Outputs of similar age
#947
of 198,606 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#50
of 5,401 outputs
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