Lifespan Adult Faces: Norms for Age Familiarity Memorability Mood and Picture Quality

摘要

Because faces are frequently used as stimuli in cognitive aging behavioral and neuroimaging studies, there is a need for a normed set of pictures reflecting age and ethnic diversity. provided a large database of face pictures from average, ethnically diverse individuals across the adult lifespan. The current study evaluated 180 pictures from that database. 108 participants (mean age 23) rated each picture on specific attributes: perceived age, familiarity of appearance, mood, memorability, and image quality. Because the pictures did not differ in any of the measured attributes, we provide 3 balanced sets of face stimuli to researchers desiring normed face stimuli free from age confounds.