A5047133062- Face Recognition and Perception
- Face recognition and analysis
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Psychological and Educational Research Studies
- Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Impulse Buying and Technology Impacts
- Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Biometric Identification and Security
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Digital Media Forensic Detection
- Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
Edinburgh Napier University
2015-2021
University of Central Lancashire
2008-2014
Trying to remember something now typically improves your ability it later. However, after watching a video of simulated bank robbery, participants who verbally described the robber were 25% worse at identifying in lineup than instead listed U.S. states and capitals—this has been termed “verbal overshadowing” effect (Schooler & Engstler-Schooler, 1990). More recent studies suggested that this might be substantially smaller first reported. Given uncertainty about size, influence finding...
Recognition memory for unfamiliar faces is facilitated when contextual cues (e.g., head pose, background environment, hair and clothing) are consistent between study test. By contrast, inconsistencies in external features, especially hair, promote errors face-matching tasks. For the construction of facial composites, as carried out by witnesses victims crime, role features (hair, ears, neck) less clear, although research does suggest their involvement. Here, over three experiments, we...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact seven variables that emerge from forensic research on facial-composite construction and naming using contemporary police systems: EvoFIT, Feature Sketch. Design/methodology/approach involves regression- meta-analyses composite-naming data 23 studies have followed procedures used by practitioners for face construction. corpus analyses contains 6,464 individual responses 1,069 participants in 41 experimental conditions. Findings...
Facial composites are an investigative tool used by police to identify suspects of crime. Unfortunately, traditional methods construct the face have rather low success rates. We been developing a new recognition-based method called EvoFIT that requires eyewitnesses select whole faces from arrays alternatives. Both published laboratory research and existing field-trials found produces images more identifiable than systems. In current paper, we present evaluation recent version EvoFIT: in...
Summary Eyewitnesses are often asked to describe the appearance of an offender's face, normally as part a cognitive interview (CI), and then construct facial composite it by selecting hair, eyes, nose, so on. Recent research indicates that composites this type rendered much more identifiable when constructors focus on global character (holistic) judgements face after having recalled in detail. Here, we investigated whether components so‐called holistic CI (H‐CI) were applicable newer...
We investigate the effect of target familiarity on construction facial composites, as used by law enforcement to locate criminal suspects. Two popular software methods were investigated. Participants showna face that was either familiar or unfamiliar them and constructed a composite it from memoryusing typical ‘feature’ system, involving selection individual features, one newer ‘holistic’ types, repeated breeding arrays whole faces. This study found composites named more successfully than an...
Abstract Eyewitnesses often construct a "composite" face of person they saw commit crime, picture that police use to identify suspects. We described technique (Frowd, Bruce, Ross, McIntyre, & Hancock, 2007) based on facial caricature facilitate recognition these images: Correct naming substantially improves when composites are seen with progressive positive caricature, where distinctive information is enhanced, and then negative the opposite. Over course four experiments, underpinnings this...
Abstract Previous research indicates that unfamiliar faces may be recognized better if they are viewed in motion. This study utilized a three trial learning paradigm to investigate whether learnt more quickly from moving clips than static images. Children aged 6–7 years and 10–11 were shown series of as either images or dynamic clips, followed by recognition test. Faces accurately when presented motion, but there was no advantage for testing Although older children accurate overall, younger...
Cell-phone conversation is ubiquitous within public spaces.The current study investigates whether ignored cell-phone impairs eyewitness memory for a perpetrator.Participants viewed video of staged-crime in the presence one side comprehensible (meaningful halfalogue), two sides dialogue), an incomprehensible (meaningless halfalogue) or quiet.Between 24 and 28 hours later participants freely described perpetrator's face, constructed single composite image perpetrator from memory, attempted to...
Witnesses may construct a composite face of perpetrator using computerised interface. Police practitioners guide witnesses through this unusual process, the goal being to produce an identifiable image. However, any changes makes their external facial-features interfere with process. In Experiment 1, participants constructed holistic interface one day after target encoding. Target faces were unaltered, or had altered external-features: (i) changed hair, (ii) external-features removed (iii)...
We investigated the impact of congruency between witness interview and method used to construct a composite face.Experiment 1, using typical feature-by-feature method, revealed that aligning cognitive processes during face construction enhanced effectiveness composites compared with produced following unaligned (incongruent) procedures.Experiment 2 incorporating character judgements in substantially identification feature-based when constructing central (internal) features first, suggesting...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the presence a whole-face context during facial composite production facilitates construction images. Design/methodology/approach In Experiment 1, constructors viewed celebrity face and then developed using PRO-fit software in one two conditions: either full-face was visible while features were selected, or only feature currently being selected. composites named by different participants. authors replicated study more forensically...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential susceptibility eyewitness memory presence extraneous background speech that comprises a description consistent with, or at odds target face. Design/methodology/approach A between-participants design was deployed whereby participants viewed an unfamiliar face in quiet, to-be-ignored comprising verbal either congruent incongruent with After short distractor task, were asked describe and construct composite using PRO-fit...
Memory is facilitated by reflecting upon, or revisiting, the environment in which information was encoded. We investigated these "context reinstatement" (CR) techniques to improve effectiveness of facial composites – visual likenesses a perpetrator's face constructed eyewitnesses. Participant-constructors viewed and, after one-day-delay, revisited (Physical CR) recalled environmental context (Mental/Detailed before recalling and constructing an EvoFIT PRO-fit composite. Detailed CR increased...