Are you a super-recogniser? Take our challenging test to find out if you are one of a small proportion of people with exceptional abilities in identifying faces.
Note: This test is not mobile compatible. You will need to complete it on a desktop or laptop computer.
Most of us are very adept at recognising the faces of people we know well — some may even able to identify the pixellated people above (the answers are: Michelle Obama, George Clooney, Ellen Degeneres).
In contrast, matching unfamiliar faces can be surprisingly challenging even when conditions are optimal. This is problematic because many important tasks rely on this very skill — for example matching a traveller to their passport, or a CCTV image to a police mugshot.
A small minority of people, however, demonstrate superior face recognition abilities for both familiar and unfamiliar faces. These individuals are classed as ‘super-recognisers.’
We have designed a very challenging web-based test of face identification ability to try and identify individuals with superior face recognition abilities.
Our test is difficult because it requires people to recognise faces despite substantial changes in appearance from one encounter to the next, caused for example by differences in age, pose, lighting, and expression.
Once you have taken the test, you can compare your performance with other participants who have already completed the test.
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No special actions required, all sites you make with Mobirise are mobile-friendly. You don't have to create a special mobile version of your site, it will adapt automagically.
No special actions required, all sites you make with Mobirise are mobile-friendly. You don't have to create a special mobile version of your site, it will adapt automagically.
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Choose from the large selection pre-made blocks - full-screen intro, bootstrap carousel, slider, responsive image gallery with, parallax scrolling, sticky header and more.
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If you would like to take part in future face recognition research studies conducted by UNSW Sydney, please join our research registry.
If you decide to join this registry, we will contact you from time to time when research studies are available. Some of these studies will be available to complete on the web. For others we may invite you to visit our lab in Sydney.
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