The people who never forget a face, with Josh Davis, PhD, and Kelly Desborough

Published: Jan. 19, 2022, 11:30 a.m.

Super-recognizers have an extraordinary ability to recognize faces \u2013 they can pick faces they\u2019ve seen only briefly out of a crowd and can recognize childhood acquaintances they haven\u2019t seen in decades. Dr. Josh Davis, a professor of applied psychology at the University of Greenwich, and super-recognizer Kelly Desborough, discuss the origins of this ability, why you can\u2019t train yourself to be a super-recognizer, how super-recognizers compare with facial-recognition algorithms, and why security organizations are interested in working with super-recognizers.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices