From: Smiling makes you look older, even when you wear a mask: the effect of face masks on age perception
Age group (of faces) | Young adults | Middle-aged adults | Old adults | ||||
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Gender (of faces) | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | |
Non-masked faces | Neutral faces | 6.62 (2.6) | 5.54 (2.2) | 7.17 (2.5) | 7.29 (2.2) | 7.98 (2.9) | 7.73 (3) |
Smiling faces | 7.73 (2.3) | 7.35 (2.4) | 8.26 (2.7) | 8.13 (3.3) | 8.43 (3.2) | 7.48 (2.7) | |
Masked faces | Neutral faces | 6.86 (2.4) | 5.84 (2.1) | 7.43 (2.4) | 7.8 (2.5) | 7.99 (3.1) | 6.78 (2.7) |
Smiling faces | 7.95 (2.5) | 7.46 (2.5) | 7.99 (2.3) | 8.95 (3.4) | 8.17 (3) | 6.97 (2.2) |