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Are You a Super Recognizer? Test Tells If You’re One of Elite Few Who Never Forgets a Face
Korin MillerJune 16, 2015
Never forget a face? There’s a chance you might be part of a tiny segment of the population known as “super recognizers.” (Photo: University of Greenwich)
Super recognizers have an “exceptional” ability to recognize faces and can often recognize a person years after catching just a fleeting glimpse of their face, says super recognizer expert Josh P. Davis, Ph.D., a senior lecturer of psychology at the U.K.’s University of Greenwich.
But they’re not easy to find: Davis tells Yahoo Health that super recognizers make up “probably less than one percent of the population.”
new online test to help people determine whether they have this extraordinary ability. The test, which takes five minutes to complete, involves looking at different faces for eight seconds before trying to ID a face in a lineup of eight. People who score above a 10 on the test may be a super recognizer.
Super recognizers are currently used in the London police department to help identify criminals in often-fuzzy CCTV footage, Davis says, and he’s hoping his test will help him find more so that he and his team and further investigate the phenomenon.
While scientists have been able to track down and study some super recognizers, there are still a lot of unanswered questions around them.
https://www.yahoo.com/health/are-yo...html?soc_src=unv-sh&soc_trk=fb&fb_ref=Default
Are You a Super Recognizer? Test Tells If You’re One of Elite Few Who Never Forgets a Face
Korin MillerJune 16, 2015
Never forget a face? There’s a chance you might be part of a tiny segment of the population known as “super recognizers.” (Photo: University of Greenwich)
Super recognizers have an “exceptional” ability to recognize faces and can often recognize a person years after catching just a fleeting glimpse of their face, says super recognizer expert Josh P. Davis, Ph.D., a senior lecturer of psychology at the U.K.’s University of Greenwich.
But they’re not easy to find: Davis tells Yahoo Health that super recognizers make up “probably less than one percent of the population.”
new online test to help people determine whether they have this extraordinary ability. The test, which takes five minutes to complete, involves looking at different faces for eight seconds before trying to ID a face in a lineup of eight. People who score above a 10 on the test may be a super recognizer.
Super recognizers are currently used in the London police department to help identify criminals in often-fuzzy CCTV footage, Davis says, and he’s hoping his test will help him find more so that he and his team and further investigate the phenomenon.
While scientists have been able to track down and study some super recognizers, there are still a lot of unanswered questions around them.
