Aspects of Facial Contrast Decrease with Age and Are Cues for Age Perception

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Porcheron, Aurélie ^a,b   Mauger, Emmanuelle ^a   Russell, Richard ^b  

^a CERIES the CHANEL RandT skin research center on healthy skin   (France)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

AGE; AGE PERCEPTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COLOR; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; EYEBROW; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MOUTH; PERCEPTION; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SKIN AGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874630571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057985     Document Type: Article

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