Excited to share our new book chapter (in press)! "What do we know about people with developmental prosopagnosia?" with Brad Duchaine, in the forthcoming book: From 'Super Recognisers' to the 'Face Blind' (Ed. K. Lander, Oxford University Press). osf.io/preprints/ps...

Wonderful to see the symposium honouring Dr. Andy Johnson. A fantastic academic and colleague, and a friend to so many. All the best to the BU PGRs presenting your work with Andy at this event - you will do him proud

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The meeting programme for EPS Lancaster in April is now live! eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

"We were particularly focused on books that will not just tell kids about science, but inspire them to become scientists themselves" ICYMI, Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) on some of this year's best science books for kids:

Top Science Books for Children: Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2024

The best science books for kids: the excellent titles on the 2024 Royal Society book prize shortlist, introduced by Professor Dorothy Bishop

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Very pleased to introduce our keynote speaker at the @bournemouthuni.bsky.social PGR conference - Prof Mary Davis from Oxford Brookes talking to our research community about research integrity

New paper with @benparris.bsky.social that presents a taxometric analysis of developmental prosopagnosia: two studies provide evidence for a categorically distinct impairment. @bournemouthuni.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A Taxometric Analysis of Developmental Prosopagnosia: Evidence for a Categorically Distinct Impairment

Poor performance on cognitive assessment tasks may indicate a selective ‘impairment’. However, it is unclear whether such difficulties separate the in…

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Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/

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🚀 New Research! 🚀 🔍 Title: Flexible Use of Facial Features Supports Face Identity Processing Our study reveals that the key to accurate face recognition lies in the flexibility of using different facial features. #Research #FaceRecognition #Psychology #Forensics #Security #AcademicResearch

What makes some people better at recognising faces?

Recognising faces is crucial to social interactions, and also in applied settings such as criminal investigations. Research has shown that there are widespread differences in people’s ability to recog...

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Our latest paper - gteat to see this in print. cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Different facets of age perception in people with developmental prosopagnosia and “super-recognisers” - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

The interplay between facial age and facial identity is evident from several scenarios experienced in daily life, such as when recognising a face several decades after the last exposure. However, the ...

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