As one of the most successful applications of image analysis and understanding, face
recognition has recently received significant attention, especially during the past several�…

What makes a face attractive and why do we have the preferences we do? Emergence of
preferences early in development and cross-cultural agreement on attractiveness challenge�…

The faces we encounter throughout our lives make different impressions on us: Some are
remembered at first glance, while others are forgotten. Previous work has found that the�…

What makes certain images more memorable than others? While much of memory research
has focused on participant effects, recent studies using a stimulus-centric perspective have�…

Four experiments investigated matching of unfamiliar target faces taken from high-quality
video against arrays of photographs. In Experiment 1, targets were present in 50% of arrays�…

It is difficult to match two images of the same unfamiliar face, even under good conditions.
Here, we show that there are large individual differences on unfamiliar face matching�…

Previous studies have identified that images carry the attribute of memorability, a predictive
value of whether a novel image will be later remembered or forgotten. Here we investigate�…

People are remarkably accurate (approaching ceiling) at deciding whether faces are male or
female, even when cues from hairstyle, makeup, and facial hair are minimised. Experiments�…

Averageness and symmetry are attractive in Western faces and are good candidates for
biologically based standards of beauty. A hallmark of such standards is that they are shared�…

We investigated whether the attractive facial traits of averageness and symmetry signal
health, examining two aspects of signalling: whether these traits are perceived as healthy�…