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Our facial information is sensitive – yet companies and individuals can collect, sell and manipulate it without our consent. Australian law must change to protect us all.
Face recognition technology follows earlier biometric surveillance techniques, including fingerprints, passport photos and iris scans. It’s the first that can be done without the subject’s knowledge.
Scientists measured the brain activity of people trying to discern real from synthetic faces.
Plans to use face recognition technology at public events raise issues about civil liberties.
With fine-tuning, the approach correctly balances the risks with the need to encourage innovation.
Logistical challenges facing the 2023 elections remain huge given the number of political parties, the security environment and the number of contestants at various levels.
To achieve perceptual expertise, you may need more than smarts and hard work. Research suggests there’s a general ability that may help you succeed in jobs that depend on perceptual decisions.
Australia’s consumer advocacy group Choice identified three Australian retailers who use facial recognition to identify consumers. What are the privacy concerns?
The technology is currently being trialled outside of Australia. It’s one of the first major attempts to bring it to western markets on a large scale.
No single test can accurately determine whether you are a super-recogniser.
Robots are more likely than people to misclassify emotions when reading faces that are partially covered. This could lead to unexpected behaviours when they interact with people wearing masks.
Even though they cover most of our features, face masks are no match for our highly-evolved capacity to recognise friends.
Emotion recognition technology raises questions about bias, privacy and mass surveillance.
The people who are excellent at recognising faces might also excel at recognising voices.
Psychologists are hoping a new, extra-difficult facial recognition test will help unearth more of Australia’s top performers in facial recognition — known as ‘super-recognisers’.
With face masks now compulsory or recommended in various parts of the country, how are facial recognition systems functioning?
Your ability to recognise faces may have some connection to your extroversion, empathy levels and anxiety.
If you thought police surveillance was mere CCTV, it’s time to catch up on what’s happening on the other side of the lens.
Facial recognition is a crucial skill, but difficult to test accurately. Researchers are taking advantage of the popularity of Game of Thrones to test the limits of our ability to identify a familiar face.
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Scientia Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Experimental Psychology, University of Manchester
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, University of Stirling
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Professor, Applied Psychology, University of Greenwich
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of East London
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Professor of Optometry, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Ph.D. Student in Psychological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
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Reader, Goldsmiths, University of London
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PhD Researcher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow
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PhD Candidate, Psychology, University of Greenwich
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David K. Wilson Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
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Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Bournemouth University
