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Redefining super recognition in the real world: Skilled face or person identity recognizers?
Author(s) -
Bate Sarah,
Portch Emma,
Mestry Natalie,
Bennetts Rachel J.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/bjop.12392
Subject(s) - psychology , identity (music) , face (sociological concept) , facial recognition system , communication , cognitive psychology , social psychology , linguistics , pattern recognition (psychology) , aesthetics , philosophy
While there has been growing interest in the deployment of superior face recognizers in policing and security settings, it is likely that most real‐world tasks tap person rather than face recognition skills. We suggest that changes in real‐world screening tasks and terminology are required to distinguish these individuals from laboratory‐identified superior face recognizers, who have more potential in developing our theoretical understanding of the face recognition system.