Dartmouth Database of Children's Faces

 

The Dartmouth Database of Children's Faces contains images of 40 male and 40 female models between the ages of 6 and 16. Models are photographed on a black background and are wearing black bibs and black hats to cover hair and ears. They are photographed from 5 different camera angles and pose 8 different facial expressions. Models were rated by independent raters and are ranked for the overall believability of their poses.

Camera angles:
60° right
30° right
0°
30° left
60° left

Expressions:
Neutral
Content (Happy with mouth closed)
Happy (Happy with full smile)
Sad
Surprised
Afraid
Angry
Disgusted

For more information, see Dalrymple, K.A., Gomez, J., & Duchaine, B. (2013). The Dartmouth Database of Children's Faces: Acquisition and validation of a new face stimulus set. PLoS ONE 8(11): e79131. To request access to the photos, please contact us at social.perception.lab@dartmouth.edu.

The Dartmouth Database of Children's Faces is Licensed to Dartmouth College. Download the License Agreement here.