White, D., Burton, A. Mike orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-2084, Kemp, R.I. et al. (1 more author) (2013) Crowd effects in unfamiliar face matching. Applied Cognitive Psychology. pp. 769-777. ISSN 0888-4080
Abstract
Summary: Psychological research shows that humans can not reliably match unfamiliar faces. This presents a practical problem, because identity verification processes in a variety of occupational settings depend on people to perform these tasks reliably. In this context, it is surprising that very few studies have attempted to improve human performance. Here, we investigate whether distributing face matching tasks across groups of individuals might help to solve this problem. Across four studies, we measure the accuracy of the 'crowd' on a standard test of face matching ability and find that aggregating individual responses produces substantial gains in matching accuracy. We discuss the practical implications of this result and also suggest ways in which this approach might be used to improve our understanding of face perception more generally.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © John Wiley & Sons 2013. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Applied Cognitive Psychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2015 11:09 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 12:22 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.2971 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/acp.2971 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:83745 |
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