Verifying unfamiliar identities: Effects of processing name and face information in the same identity-matching task.

ABSTRACT: Matching the identity of unfamiliar faces is important in applied identity verification tasks, for example when verifying photo ID at border crossings, in secure access areas, or when issuing identity credentials. In these settings, other biographical details-such as name or date of birth on an identity document-are also often compared to existing records, but the impact of these concurrent checks on decisions has not been examined. Here, we asked participants to sequentially compare name, then face information between an ID card and digital records to detect errors. Across four experiments (combined n = 274), despite being told that mismatches between written name pairs and face image pairs were independent, participants were more likely to say that face images matched when names also mat

SUBMITTER: Trinh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9556678 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature