Let's talk about faces: Identifying faces from verbal descriptions.

ABSTRACT: Face descriptions inform real-world identification decisions, for example when eyewitnesses describe criminal perpetrators. However, it is unclear how effective face descriptions are for identification. Here, we examined the accuracy of face identification from verbal descriptions, and how individual differences in face perception relate to producing and using descriptions for identification. In Study 1, participants completed a face communication task in pairs. Each participant saw a single face, and via verbal communication only, the pair decided if they were viewing the same person or different people. Dyads achieved 72% accuracy, compared to 81% when participants completed the task individually by matching face pairs side-by-side. Performance on the face communication and perceptual ma

SUBMITTER: Tyler R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10100156 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature