Super-recognisers accurately pick out a face in a crowd – but can this skill be taught?
- Written by Alice Towler, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, UNSW
One of these people is on a wanted list for theft. A super-recogniser may pick them at a glance. from www.shutterstock.com
Yenny is 26 years old, lives in Melbourne, and has a very specific talent.
One day, she was driving her car when she recognised a man who had been several years below her at high school and whom she hadn’t seen for more...
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