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
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
NPR: Every day, Marty Doerschlag moves through the world armed with what amounts to a low-level superpower: He can remember… More
A special issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science illuminates the myriad ways in which face perception infuses our thinking and behavior… More
A sample of new research exploring whether a single-nucleotide polymorphism on the oxytocin receptor gene is linked with face recognition and how people map spatial relations when they take another person’s perspective… More
NPR: Every day, Marty Doerschlag moves through the world armed with what amounts to a low-level superpower: He can remember… More
