In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments around the world now
recommend, or require, that their citizens cover the lower half of their face in public …

Forensic face matching refers to the comparison of pairs of faces for identification purposes,
and is ubiquitous in applied contexts such as passport control. Despite its widespread use, a …

The own-race bias (ORB) is a reliable phenomenon across cultural and racial groups where
unfamiliar faces from other races are usually remembered more poorly than own-race faces …

It is well‐established that matching images of unfamiliar faces is rather error prone.
However, there is an important mismatch between face matching in laboratory and realistic …

It can be remarkably difficult to determine whether two photographs of unfamiliar faces
depict the same person or two different people. This fallibility is well established in the face …

In face matching, observers have to decide if two photographs depict the same person or
different people. This is a remarkably difficult task, so the current study investigated whether …

Research on sex differences in face recognition has reported mixed results, on balance
suggesting an advantage for female observers. However, it is not clear whether this …

Despite extensive research on unfamiliar face matching, little is known about factors that
might affect matching performance in real-life scenarios. We conducted 2 experiments to …

Identity comparisons of photographs of unfamiliar faces are prone to error but important for
applied settings, such as person identification at passport control. Finding techniques to …

The ability to quickly and accurately match faces to photographs bears critically on many
domains, from controlling purchase of age-restricted goods to law enforcement and airport …