Super-recognizers: People with extraordinary face recognition ability |
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Authors: | Richard Russell Brad Duchaine Ken Nakayama |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland Street, 02138, Cambridge, MA 2. University College London, London, England
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Abstract: | We tested 4 people who claimed to have significantly better than ordinary face recognition ability. Exceptional ability was
confirmed in each case. On two very different tests of face recognition, all 4 experimental subjects performed beyond the
range of control subject performance. They also scored significantly better than average on a perceptual discrimination test
with faces. This effect was larger with upright than with inverted faces, and the 4 subjects showed a larger “inversion effect”
than did control subjects, who in turn showed a larger inversion effect than did developmental prosopagnosics. This result
indicates an association between face recognition ability and the magnitude of the inversion effect. Overall, these “super-recognizers”
are about as good at face recognition and perception as developmental prosopagnosics are bad. Our findings demonstrate the
existence of people with exceptionally good face recognition ability and show that the range of face recognition and face
perception ability is wider than has been previously acknowledged. |
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