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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2010 Dec;25(4):811–821. doi: 10.1037/a0019888

Table 1.

Smile Stimuli Utilized in Studies 1 and 2: Type, Length, and Intensity Ratings of Younger and Older Adult Target Smiles as Rated by Younger and Older Adult Judges

Smile Type Length (s) YA judge M
intensity (SD)
OA judge M intensity
(SD)
All judges M intensity
Younger adult target smiles
1 Spontaneous 3.74 6.33 (0.98) 5.69 (1.75) 6.00 (1.44)
2 Spontaneous 4.60 4.69 (1.44) 3.58 (1.68) 4.16 (1.62)
3 Spontaneous 5.80 4.69 (1.32) 4.50 (1.88) 4.60 (1.58)
4 Spontaneous 2.60 3.54 (0.88) 3.46 (1.45) 3.50 (1.17)
5 Posed 2.20 2.08 (0.86) 2.00 (1.77) 2.04 (1.37)
6 Posed 3.60 3.00 (1.53) 2.38 (1.85) 2.69 (1.69)
7 Posed 3.60 5.46 (1.33) 4.92 (1.51) 5.20 (1.41)
8 Spontaneous 3.54 2.54 (1.05) 2.08 (0.86) 2.31 (0.97)
9 Posed 4.47 3.38 (0.96) 3.62 (1.66) 3.50 (1.33)
10 Spontaneous 1.60 3.62 (1.04) 1.77 (0.73) 2.69 (1.29)
11 Spontaneous 3.27 4.46 (1.76) 5.38 (1.50) 4.92 (1.67)
12 Posed 2.27 1.50 (0.52) 1.62 (0.87) 1.56 (0.71)
13 Spontaneous 4.87 5.00 (1.22) 4.54 (1.45) 4.77 (1.33)

Older adult target smiles
1 Posed 1.42 1.85 (1.52) 1.42 (0.67) 1.64 (1.19)
2 Posed 1.13 2.77 (1.30) 2.92 (1.19) 2.85 (1.22)
3 Spontaneous 4.07 4.38 (2.10) 3.62 (1.33) 4.00 (1.77)
4 Posed 3.38 4.42 (1.78) 3.69 (1.60) 4.04 (1.70)
5 Spontaneous 3.12 2.85 (0.80) 2.15 (1.41) 2.50 (1.17)
6 Posed 1.02 3.23 (1.64) 2.31 (1.25) 2.77 (1.50)
7 Spontaneous 2.45 3.62 (0.96) 4.17 (1.64) 3.88 (1.33)
8 Spontaneous 3.12 3.42 (1.00) 2.58 (1.24) 3.00 (1.18)
9 Posed 1.37 3.08 (1.55) 2.83 (1.11) 2.96 (1.34)
10 Spontaneous 2.43 2.62 (1.26) 2.46 (1.56) 2.54 (1.39)
11 Spontaneous 2.47 3.69 (1.25) 4.17 (1.64) 3.92 (1.44)

Note. YA = younger adult, OA = older adult. n = 6 for YA judges rating YA smile intensity (Study 1). n = 13 for YA judges rating OA smile intensity (Study 2). n = 15 for OA judges rating both YA and OA smile intensity (Study 2). Study 1 presented younger adult target smiles only (in the order presented in table). In Study 2, the smile presentation was randomized among smile type and target age; all participants viewed the same random order presentation of smiles.