Some People Really 'Never Forget A Face:' Understanding Extraordinary Face Recognition Ability
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 22:42
in Psychology & Sociology
Psychologists have discovered that some people have an extraordinary ability to recognize faces, a group that they call "super-recognizers," who can easily recognize someone they met in passing, even many years later. The findings imply that face recognition may vary more than previously understood, and may be on a spectrum, with "super-recognizers" at the high end, and those with face blindness, who have extraordinary difficulty recognizing a face, at the low end.
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