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SUBMITTER: Robertson DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4769018 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Robertson David J DJ Noyes Eilidh E Dowsett Andrew J AJ Jenkins Rob R Burton A Mike AM
PloS one 20160226 2
Face recognition is used to prove identity across a wide variety of settings. Despite this, research consistently shows that people are typically rather poor at matching faces to photos. Some professional groups, such as police and passport officers, have been shown to perform just as poorly as the general public on standard tests of face recognition. However, face recognition skills are subject to wide individual variation, with some people showing exceptional ability-a group that has come to b ...[more]