The present study examined the influence of differential experience with own and other age faces on adults facial age judgment abilities In Experiment I Chinese participants were asked to make age estimates (i e in years) for faces within three Asian stimulus age groups children young adults and middle age adults Participants showed the greatest differentiation in their age estimates for own age young adult stimulus faces relative to the child and middle age adult stimulus facial age groups Thus participants age estimates for own age young adult faces appear to be more refined relative to their age estimates for other age faces In Experiment 2 the same pattern of results was replicated with a group of Japanese participants The role of differential experience with own and other age individuals in shaping facial age perception is discussed

Keywords age judgments facial age own age bias