Why Are Some People Better at Recognising Faces Than Others?

Imagine you lose sight of your friends (or parents) for a moment while are out at the park. You glance around and then spot them in distance. easily pick from all other people park correctly identify them. This process is called familiar face recognition. For most us, this seems easy generally good recognising faces. However, few really struggle to recognise Other “super-recognisers” who have an extraordinary ability faces very accurately. How faces? In article, we outline why some better worse) explore possible importance brain differences, mental processes, personality ability.