Improving Face Identification of Mask-Wearing Individuals

Autor/inn/en	Manley, Krista D.; Chan, Jason C. K.; Wells, Gary L.
Titel	Improving Face Identification of Mask-Wearing Individuals
Quelle	In: Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 7 (2022), Artikel 27 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Manley, Krista D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2365-7464
DOI	10.1186/s41235-022-00369-7
Schlagwörter	Visual Perception; Recognition (Psychology); Identification; COVID-19; Pandemics; Clothing; Criminals; Accuracy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Kleidung; Straftäter
Abstract	Research has consistently shown that concealing facial features can hinder subsequent identification. The widespread adoption of face masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical and urgent need to discover techniques to improve identification of people wearing face coverings. Despite years of research on face recognition and eyewitness identifications, there are currently no evidence-based recommendations for lineup construction for cases involving masked individuals. The purpose of this study was to examine identification accuracy of a masked perpetrator as a function of lineup type (i.e., unmasked or masked lineups) and perpetrator presence (i.e., absent or present). In both experiments, discriminability was superior for masked lineups, a result that was due almost exclusively to higher hits rates in target-present conditions. These data suggest that presenting a masked lineup can enhance identification of masked faces, and they have important implications for both eyewitness identification and everyday face recognition of people with face coverings. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01