Question

This activity described a research study by Ahmed M. Megreya and A. Mike Burton (2008) that showed participants an unfamiliar face and asked them to match it with a new photo of the same person in a set of photos of another ten unfamiliar faces. Based on their results, they concluded that:_________

Answer 1

They found that in approximately on third of the attempts, the subjects were not able to match the faces, even though the pictures were all presented in optimal conditions. The experiment has since the been replicated with very similar results.

This study has had applications for ID matching in security protocols, such as passport verification in airports.