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Super-recognisers - people with an unusual ability to recall faces - still beat out computers in police cases.

Scientists put hundreds of pictures of women's faces (centered around the eyes) and created an average face for a variety of countries.

Whether you're adorned with angular features or rocking a rounder profile, new research says it can reveal a lot about your personality

A higher facial width-to-height ratio is associated with judgemental perceptions of aggression, and a new study looks at the differences between women and men.

Police employ them and scientists study them, but what is life like for the rare few who can never forget a face? Super-recogniser Yenny Seo didn’t think it was anything special

Published 6 July 2021 A face matching test has been updated to find super-recognizers who can help prevent errors caused by face recognition software. The type of professional roles that involve face identification and that could benefit from the test include visa processors, passport issuers, border control officers, police, contract tracers, as well as security staff in private industry. Psychologists from UNSW Sydney have developed a new face identification ability test that will help find ...

UNSW The Glasgow Face Matching Test has been updated to find super-recognisers who can help prevent errors caused by face recognition software. Psychologists from UNSW Sydney have developed a new face identification ability test that will help find facial recognition experts for a variety of police and government agencies, including contract tracing. The Glasgow Face Matching Test 2 [GFMT2] targets high-performing facial recognition individuals known as super-recognisers, who have an extraordin...