title: Influence of make-up on facial recognition.
abstract: Make-up may enhance or disguise facial characteristics. The influence of wearing make-up on facial recognition could be of two kinds: (i) when women do not wear make-up and then are seen with make-up, and (ii) when women wear make-up and then are seen without make-up. A study is reported which shows that light make-up makes it easier to recognise a face, and heavy make-up makes it more difficult. Seeing initially a made-up face makes any subsequent facial recognition more difficult than initially seeing that face without make-up.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Integrated Arts and Social Science, Japan Women's University, Nishi-ikuta 1-1-1, Tama-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan. sueda@fc.jwu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Sayako
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Takamasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003358:Cosmetics; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics