A woman with a striped rainbow light on her face looks into the camera. The mouth is closed by light, the concept of silence, loneliness and imagination Do you remember the face of any stranger who ...

A stranger’s face flickers past you on a crowded street, and something in you clicks. Years later, you could still pick that ...

LONDON – Paul Hyland almost never forgets a face. He’s a “super recognizer,” and that’s giving an unusual kind of help to his employer: Scotland Yard. Several years ago, for example, London police ...

Are you one of those people who are always mistaking others for someone else? Or, worse yet, do you have trouble recognizing faces altogether? You are certainly not alone. In fact, the average person ...

Super recognizers are people with an almost supernatural skill to quickly identify thousands of individuals based on their facial features, an ability that has also inspired law enforcement to fill ...

Yenny Seo is what's called a super-recognizer; she can remember almost every face she's ever seen. It's a neurological quirk that only 1 to 2% of the world has. But facial recognition has never been ...

The author at age 6 and age 38. Could you have recognized this face after 30 years? Source: Ainsley Hawthorn A manager at a local bookstore stopped to ask if I needed any help, then paused. “Is your ...

Editor’s note: This release is a slight modification of a release originally distributed by the University of Wollongong on September 1. Super-recognizers never forget a face. They can catch a glimpse ...

We are in the UK. The investigation into an armed robbery has been at a standstill for a long time. The only things the police have to go on is some poor-quality video footage and a few tentative ...

Super-recognizers never forget a face. They need to focus on it only once to instantly recognize it again, even if they encounter it years later, and sometimes even if they see only one feature, such ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

"The Return of Martin Guerre" is a film based on the true story of an impostor who comes to a small village and pretends to be someone he is not. Source: Photo credit: George Pierre/Bridgeman Images.