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How an army of ‘super recognisers’ could help spot criminals and missing persons
Some people have a remarkable aptitude for recognising a face – are you one of them?
Telling people apart: new test reveals wide variation in how well we recognise faces
As many as one in 50 people are face blind, meaning they can't tell one face from another.
Ten years after the de Menezes killing, we’re no better at identifying faces
The death of the Brazilian electrician at the hands of the Metropolitan Police was a notorious case of mistaken identity. The same thing would probably happen today.
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