WITH the help of research from UNSW Sydney, the NSW Police Force has been able to identify 38 of its own exceptional performers, opening the possibility that their special abilities to remember faces could be put to use in areas like forensics and counter-terrorism.
In a study published today in the journal PLOS ONE, UNSW researchers described how they enlisted 1,600 members of NSW Police to undertake a series of online face matching and memory tests.
The 38 who were selected performed well above average in all tests and were identified as super-recognisers - people with uncanny abilities to recognise and remember unfamiliar faces.
They are estimated to make up about 2% of the population, putting the 38 of the 1,600 participants in this same ratio.
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