Individual differences in hyper-realistic mask detection

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
Jet Gabrielle Sanders, Rob Jenkins

Abstract

Hyper-realistic masks present a new challenge to security and crime prevention. We have recently shown that people's ability to differentiate these masks from real faces is extremely limited. Here we consider individual differences as a means to improve mask detection. Participants categorized single images as masks or real faces in a computer-based task. Experiment 1 revealed poor accuracy (40%) and large individual differences (5-100%) for high-realism masks among low-realism masks and real faces. Individual differences in mask categorization accuracy remained large when the Low-realism condition was eliminated (Experiment 2). Accuracy for mask images was not correlated with accuracy for real face images or with prior knowledge of hyper-realistic face masks. Image analysis revealed that mask and face stimuli were most strongly differentiated in the region below the eyes. Moreover, high-performing participants tracked the differential information in this area, but low-performing participants did not. Like other face tasks (e.g. identification), hyper-realistic mask detection gives rise to large individual differences in performance. Unlike many other face tasks, performance may be localized to a specific image cue.

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Jul 17, 2018·Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications·Vicki BruceKaren Lander
Feb 6, 2020·Perception·David J RobertsonRob Jenkins
Aug 7, 2021·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Paris WillAlan Kingstone

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