The effect of smiling on the perceived age of male and female faces across the lifespan

Abstract Previous research has shown an unintuitive effect of facial expression on perceived age: smiling faces are perceived as older compared to neutral faces of the same people. The aging effect of smiling (AES), which is thought to result from the presence of smile-related wrinkles around the ey...

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Main Authors: Tzvi Ganel, Melvyn A. Goodale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02380-2