Colour information biases facial age estimation and reduces inter-observer variability.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
14 08 2023
Historique:
received: 13 09 2022
accepted: 01 08 2023
medline: 17 8 2023
pubmed: 15 8 2023
entrez: 14 8 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Age estimation is a perceptual task that people perform automatically and effortlessly on a daily basis. Colour has been identified as one of the facial cues that contributes to age perception. To investigate further the role of colour in age perception, we manipulated the chromatic content of facial images holistically. In Experiment 1, images were shown in colour or grey scale; in Experiment 2, images were shown with red-green contrast increased or decreased; in Experiment 3, images were shown with modified yellow-blue contrast. We examined whether the presence of chromatic information biases the perception of age and/or affects inter-observer variability in age judgements, and whether specific chromatic information affects the perception of age. We found that the same face tended to be judged as younger with increased red-green contrast compared to decreased red-green contrast, suggesting that red-green contrast directly affects age perception. Inter-observer variability in age ratings was significantly lower when participants were asked to rate colour compared with grey scale versions of images. This finding indicates that colour carries information useful cues for age estimation.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37580371
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39902-z
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-39902-z
pmc: PMC10425420
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

13224

Informations de copyright

© 2023. Springer Nature Limited.

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Auteurs

Jean Y J Hsieh (JYJ)

School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.

W Paul Boyce (WP)

School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.

Erin Goddard (E)

School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.

Colin W G Clifford (CWG)

School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. colin.clifford@unsw.edu.au.

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