Do hands alter age perception from the face? S Courrèges1, R Jdid1, G Kaminski2, E Mauger1, J Latreille1, F Morizot1, A Porcheron1 |
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1Department of Skin Knowledge and Women Beauty, Chanel Research & Technology Center, France |
| Although hand appearance seems to be of some importance in social relations, perception studies concerning hands are rare. Here we investigated whether it is possible to estimate the age of a person from her hand, and whether hands can modify facial age estimation. Photographs of hands and faces of 40 Caucasian women from 20 to 69 years of age were shown to 64 Caucasian female participants of the same age range. First, the participants were asked to estimate the age of the women from their face only, and then from their hand only. Three months later, the same participants estimated the age of the women from their face and their hand presented simultaneously. Participants were able to estimate the age from the hand although they were more accurate when estimating the age from the face. When the face and the hand were presented simultaneously, the perceived age was more accurate than the perceived age from the face, but there was no significant difference. Although the face seems to be the most important cue for age estimation, these results suggest that the hands also play a role, decreasing or increasing the perceived age of the person. |
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