Evidence for a young adult face bias in accuracy and consensus of age estimates.
age estimates
expertise
face age
young adult face bias
Journal
British journal of psychology (London, England : 1953)
ISSN: 2044-8295
Titre abrégé: Br J Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0373124
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2019
Nov 2019
Historique:
received:
12
07
2018
revised:
14
11
2018
pubmed:
29
12
2018
medline:
7
1
2020
entrez:
29
12
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Adults' face processing may be specialized for the dimensions of young adult faces. For example, young and older adults exhibit increased accuracy in normality judgments and greater agreement in attractiveness ratings for young versus older adult faces. The present study was designed to examine whether there is a similar young adult face bias in facial age estimates. In Experiment 1, we created a face age continuum by morphing an averaged young adult face with an averaged older adult face in 5% increments, for a total of 21 faces ranging from 0 to 100% old. Young and older adults estimated facial age for three stimulus age categories [young (morphs 0-30%), middle-aged (morphs 35-65%), and older adult (morphs 70-100%)]. Both age groups showed the least differentiation in age estimates for young adult faces, despite showing greater consensus across participants in estimates for young faces. In Experiment 2, young and older adults made age estimates for individual young and older adult identities. Both age groups were more accurate and showed greater consensus in age estimates for young faces. Collectively, these results provide evidence for a bias in processing young adult faces beyond that which is often observed in recognition and normality/attractiveness judgment tasks.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
652-669Subventions
Organisme : NSERC
Informations de copyright
© 2018 The British Psychological Society.
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