The author at age 6 and age 38. Could you have recognized this face after 30 years? Source: Ainsley Hawthorn A manager at a local bookstore stopped to ask if I needed any help, then paused. “Is your ...

Are you one of those people who are always mistaking others for someone else? Or, worse yet, do you have trouble recognizing faces altogether? You are certainly not alone. In fact, the average person ...

Do you never forget a face? Are you one of those people who can spot the same nameless extras across different TV programs and adverts? Are you the family member always called on to identify or match ...

A woman with a striped rainbow light on her face looks into the camera. The mouth is closed by light, the concept of silence, loneliness and imagination Do you remember the face of any stranger who ...

A stranger’s face flickers past you on a crowded street, and something in you clicks. Years later, you could still pick that same face out of a grainy photo. For a small group of people known as super ...

Identifying faces is a crucial part of police work, and while training can bring about small improvements in accuracy, superior face recognition abilities are something you are born with, past ...

"The Return of Martin Guerre" is a film based on the true story of an impostor who comes to a small village and pretends to be someone he is not. Source: Photo credit: George Pierre/Bridgeman Images.