Use-inspired basic research on individual differences in face identification: Implications for criminal investigation and security

K Lander, V Bruce, M Bindemann - Cognitive Research: Principles and …, 2018 - Springer
This journal is dedicated to “use-inspired basic research” where a problem in the world
shapes the hypotheses for study in the laboratory. This review considers the role of …

Surgical face masks impair human face matching performance for familiar and unfamiliar faces

DJ Carragher, PJB Hancock - Cognitive research: principles and …, 2020 - Springer
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 facial comparison: current status, limitations, and future directions

N Bacci, JG Davimes, M Steyn, N Briers - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Facial identification is an emerging field in forensic anthropology, largely
due to the rise in closed circuit television presence worldwide, yet there is little published …

Diagnostic feature training improves face matching accuracy.

A Towler, M Keshwa, B Ton, RI Kemp… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Identifying unfamiliar faces is surprisingly error-prone, even for experienced professionals
who perform this task regularly. Previous attempts to train this ability have been largely …

A signal detection–based confidence–similarity model of face matching.

D Fitousi - Psychological Review, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Face matching consists of the ability to decide whether two face images (or more) belong to
the same person or to different identities. Face matching is crucial for efficient face …

Masked face identification is improved by diagnostic feature training

DJ Carragher, A Towler, VR Mileva, D White… - … research: principles and …, 2022 - Springer
To slow the spread of COVID-19, many people now wear face masks in public. Face masks
impair our ability to identify faces, which can cause problems for professional staff who …

The effect of face masks on forensic face matching: An individual differences study

AJ Estudillo, P Hills, HK Wong - Journal of Applied Research in Memory …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the forensic face matching task, observers are presented with two unfamiliar faces and
must determine whether they depict the same identity. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some …

Flexible use of facial features supports face identity processing.

JD Dunn, A Towler, B Popovic… - Journal of …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
People prioritize diagnostic features in classification tasks. However, it is not clear whether
this priority is fixed or is flexibly applied depending on the specific classification decision, or …

Validation of forensic facial comparison by morphological analysis in photographic and CCTV samples

N Bacci, TMR Houlton, N Briers, M Steyn - International Journal of Legal …, 2021 - Springer
Between the ever-increasing availability of surveillance evidence and expert-based forensic
facial comparison being considered admissible in court, confirming its validity is paramount …

Distinct abilities associated with matching same identity faces versus discriminating different faces: Evidence from individual differences in prosopagnosics and …

A Berger, R Fry, AK Bobak, A Juliano… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous face matching studies provide evidence that matching same identity faces (match
trials) and discriminating different face identities (non-match trials) rely on distinct processes …