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 | 5.52 (1.9) | 5.18 (1.7) | 6.37 (2.1) | 6.29 (1.8) | 7.99 (3.2) | 7.03 (2.3) |
Smiling faces | 7.18 (2.6) | 6.35 (2.2) | 6.78 (2.6) | 7.05 (2.5) | 8.53 (2.7) | 7.17 (2.5) | |
Masked faces | Neutral faces | 6.62 (2.4) | 5.23 (1.7) | 7 (2.3) | 7.04 (2.5) | 8.2 (2.9) | 6.96 (2.6) |
Smiling faces | 7.51 (2.6) | 6.48 (2.5) | 7.66 (2.4) | 8.15 (2.7) | 8.83 (3.3) | 7.15 (2.8) |