How Children Learn to Recognize Faces
“I’m very, very good at recognizing faces,” said Kang Lee, a professor of applied psychology and human development at the… More
Facial Recognition
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research articles exploring the role of crowd formation in online ratings and how the composition of police lineups influences eyewitness identification… More
Crickets And Cannibals: Unpacking The Complicated Emotion Of Disgust
It’s 3 a.m. You wake up abruptly with a bad case of dry mouth. You drag yourself out of bed… More
Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
“Why Word Frequency Matters” by C. Nathan DeWall and “Variations in Face Recognition Ability: Stable, Specific, and Substantial” by Gil Einstein and Cindi May… More
A Change of Face: New Approaches to Measuring Face Recognition and Identification
A change in hairstyle, lighting, or even facial expression may alter a person’s appearance so drastically that they look like someone else. Scientists are now developing face-recognition measures that account for these variations… More
Identifying the Super-Recognizers
Scientists studying the human limitations of face perception have also uncovered a population of people with a remarkable knack for placing a face — a skill now being tapped by police in London… More