Abstract
First impressions from faces have been shown to be similar across cultures, and by both children and young adults (YAs). This study compared older adult (OA) raters with YA raters, and included both older and younger adult faces. Both age groups showed similar levels of within-age agreement in their impressions of competence, health, hostility, and\r trustworthiness. Consistent with evidence for age-related increases in positivity, OA\r showed more positive impressions of health, hostility, trustworthiness, and attractiveness\r of faces, as well as an own-age bias for impressions of competence. These effects were not consistently stronger in OAs for faces with more negatively-valenced trait impressions. The attractiveness halo effect was found for both OA and YA raters. The\r babyface stereotype was also found for both rater ages, although the effects were weaker for OAs.