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The way we make assessments about many people every day is by looking at their face. Faces tell us basic information such as gender, approximate age and possible ethnicity. But we also learn to read faces to gather clues about what sort of person someone is or how they might be feeling. We also recognize faces and can pick out those familiar to us from many others that are not. But how do we do this and why do some people suffer prosopagnosia -- or the inability to recognize faces?
This film explores the fascinating topic of face recognition, including recognizing faces, reading faces and the Bruce-Young model, and blindness to faces. Expert interviewees include Prof. Vicki Bruce from the University of Newcastle, Prof. Andy Young from the University of York and Dr Sarah Bate from the University of Bournemouth. This resource is essential viewing for Psychology students at senior secondary level, as well as those undertaking tertiary and further education studies.