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Table 1 Mean accuracy (absolute errors in years) of age evaluations in Experiment 1 (standard deviations in brackets). Note that larger numbers indicate lower accuracy

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

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)