NCJ Number
10245
Journal
Police Research Bulletin Issue: 19 Dated: (SPRING 1972) Pages: 42-45
Date Published
1972
Length
4 pages
Annotation
EXPERIMENTS TO TEST ABILITY OF SUBJECTS TO PROVIDE AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF A HUMAN FACE, AND EXAMINATION OF EFFICACY OF TWO METHODS OF OBTAINING THE DESCRIPTION.
Abstract
RESULTS SHOW THAT FREE DESCRIPTIONS WERE MORE ACCURATE THAN CUED, THAT NEITHER THE SEX NOR THE ACADEMIC TRAINING OF SUBJECTS SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION, AND THAT JUDGES USED INFORMATION CONCERNING HAIR, EYEBROWS, NOSE, CHIN, AND LIPS WITH SIGNIFICANT FREQUENCY. EXPERIMENTS ALSO INVESTIGATED THE LEARNING RATE OF SUBJECTS FACED WITH THE RECOGNITION TASK, THE RECOGNITION OF FACES EXPRESSING DIFFERENT EMOTIONAL STATES, AND THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF FACIAL FEATURES IN RECOGNITION.