From ‘super-recognisers’ to the ‘face blind’ – how tests reveal the underlying cognitive processes: 'Have we met?' Actor Brad Pitt thinks he is faceblind. Matteo Chinellato/Shutterstock The ability to recognise faces is important in many different real life contexts and fundamental to our social relationships and interactions. It allows us to identify people we care …
Super-recognisers: some people excel at both face and voice recognition: Can you recognise voices? Shutterstock/Viktoria Kurpas How good do you think you are at recognising faces? What about voices? Some people are great at it, while others struggle. Researchers have found a large variation in people’s abilities to recognise the faces or voices of those …
Facial recognition: research reveals new abilities of ‘super-recognisers’: When it comes to faces, most of us are typical-recognisers, with just a small percentage classed as super-recognisers. Shutterstock Do you never forget a face? Are you one of those people who can spot the same nameless extras across different TV programmes and adverts? Are you the …