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Never forget a face? You could be a super recogniser

Never forget a face? You could be a super recogniser

Science Weekly vor 11 Monaten

Psychologist Dr David Robertson tells Ian Sample about what life is like for super recognisers, and how their powers could be put to use for public good

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Do you have an uncanny recall for faces? Have you ever recognised
the same extra in TV shows that are decades apart? If so you could
be part of the small number of super recognisers. Research from the
University of New South Wales indicates they naturally pick out the
most useful parts of a given face to help commit it to memory. So
what else have scientists uncovered about this elite cohort? Dr
David Robertson, a senior lecturer in psychology at the University
of Strathclyde, talks to Ian Sample about what life is like for
super recognisers, and how their powers could be put to use for the
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