Are YOU a 'super recogniser'? Take the test to see if you are one

"Do you pride yourself on never forgetting a face, or can you always spot a long-lost friend walking down the street? If so, you might be a 'super recogniser'. Super recognisers are an elite group of people with a rare genetic advantage that gives them a real-life superpower for spotting faces. Now, scientists have created a test so you can find outif you might have these same rare abilities."

"These rare individuals have the ability to recognise someone from a blurry CCTV image or pick out an adult in a crowd based on a childhood photo. This is why the Met Police has hired around 140 super recognisers, who wer e pivotal in tracking down suspects from the 2011 London Summer Riots in 'Operation Withern'. They also have a unique ability to detect fake images, making them extremely useful for finding fake IDs, doctored images, or AI-generated deepfakes."

"In a recent study, researchers found that super recognisers could spot AI-generated faces 64 per cent of the time after just five minutes of training. However, scientists believe that you can't make yourself into a super recogniser; you have to be born with it. Environmental factors, such as exposure to diversity, do play a role in facial recognition skills, as people from cities tend to perform better than people in small towns."

Super recognisers are a small group of people with exceptional face-recognition abilities that often stem from genetic factors. A shortened test developed at the University of Greenwich asks participants to view faces for five seconds and then select the matching person from a lineup; a perfect score may indicate professional-level ability. Super recognisers can identify individuals from blurry CCTV or match adults to childhood photos. Around 140 have been hired by the Met Police and were instrumental in tracing suspects during the 2011 London Summer Riots. These individuals also detect fake IDs, doctored images, and AI-generated deepfakes; brief training improved spotting of AI faces to 64 percent. Environmental diversity exposure influences performance; face blindness represents the opposite condition.

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