Are You A Super Recognizer?

[Caged Great]

12

[you&me]

11/14.

I felt an instant 'click' on every choice but 1 and went against that instinct at least twice. I'd be curious to see if I'd do better if I just stuck to those choices

Also, before coffee.

I admit to often recognizing people from way back and feeling weird about it, so I don't bother acknowledging them

[Maritime Q-Scout]

With one eye open, lying in bed I got a 12.

I don't know if I'd recognize my wife walking down the street so... yeah... I question the accuracy haha

[Fuzz]

10


With 16 out of 22 of us getting above 10, I'm not sure how "super" that makes us. Seems it would be a harder mark to hit.

[DownInFlames]

5 right. About what I expected.

[MacDaddy77]

12

[Geraldsh]

I hit 7 which surprised me, lots of random guesses. I don’t remember anyone’s name for sure.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

10


With 16 out of 22 of us getting above 10, I'm not sure how "super" that makes us. Seems it would be a harder mark to hit.

I think you should consider sampling bias. People who get a good score are more likely to report it than those of us who sucked.

[bdubbs]

11/14... not bad.

[Old Yeller]

13... I expected 5 or 6.

[Raekwon]

You scored 13 out of 14.

[Timbo]

9/14 which is like me, so definitively mediocre. I think that my mediocrity would give me a leg up in being the next GM of the Flames

[Envitro]

12/14, just about what I figured it'd be. I always recognize faces, even from 20 years ago, but never names LOL

[DoubleF]

9/14 for me.

I'm similar to some of you for the face recognition thing. I remember acquaintances from elementary (20+ years) to high school and I can recall where I met them, but not always the names. I can even recall I have met certain clients/acquaintances I didn't interact with as long as I see their faces for a few moments. It's easier to recognize people from Jr High onwards as it's more recent but also I think their faces changed the least as they grew up.

However for this test, I think it threw me off that it was 2D and then alternate 2D angles/distorted pictures. It didn't feel as a recognizer test from that point on. To me, it felt more like whether you can create a 3D mental image of a face from 2D still, convert it to memory, then recall it and apply it like a pattern when looking at other 2D images of a face. Useful for the police line up situations (as mentioned on the site) if looking at one crappy security camera still to another. I feel facial recognition for seeing people in real life is a little different than what this test is though.

I wonder if I would do better if there was a 3D one/video clips to stills, but I kinda agree with others that it got boring and tedious half way through.

[darockwilder]

I got 4. That was embarrassing.

[calumniate]

i got 8.. but i was really, really drunk

[Matata]

10 and I'm pretty stoned.

It'd be cool to have one with black and asian faces too.

[troutman]

I read about this in a book (Gory Details) that republished this article:


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/s...fighting-crime

[TheIronMaiden]

White people all look the same.

[photon]

12, as someone said most just clicked.

Originally Posted by Matata

It'd be cool to have one with black and asian faces too.

Yeah, I wonder how much of this is built with a lifetime of training the brain.

Would I do the same with asian or black faces?

Does it change over age (i.e. the longer you live the better you are)?

Interesting stuff!