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

Aurélie Porcheron; Emmanuelle Mauger; Richard Russell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057985

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

Aurélie Porcheron,

Affiliations CE.R.I.E.S. – the CHANEL R&T skin research center on healthy skin, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Emmanuelle Mauger,

Affiliation CE.R.I.E.S. – the CHANEL R&T skin research center on healthy skin, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
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Richard Russell

* E-mail: rrussell@gettysburg.edu

Affiliation Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Aspects of Facial Contrast Decrease with Age and Are Cues for Age Perception

Aurélie Porcheron,
Emmanuelle Mauger,
Richard Russell

Published: March 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057985

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