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Journal articles
2018, 'Face recognition accuracy of forensic examiners, superrecognizers, and face recognition algorithms', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, pp. 6171 - 6176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721355115
,2018, 'Are Forensic Scientists Experts?', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 7, pp. 199 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2018.03.010
,2018, 'More than a sum of parts: Robust face recognition by integrating variation', Royal Society Open Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172381
,2017, 'Choosing face: The curse of self in profile image selection', Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-017-0058-3
,2017, 'Qualitative Differences Between Professional Forensic Face Examiners and Untrained People in Person Recognition Are Revealed by Item Analysis', Journal of Vision, 17, pp. 615 - 615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/17.10.615
,2017, 'Person recognition: Qualitative differences in how forensic face examiners and untrained people rely on the face versus the body for identification', Visual Cognition, 25, pp. 492 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2017.1297339
,2017, 'Evaluating the feature comparison strategy for forensic face identification', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23, pp. 47 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000108
,2017, 'Face matching impairment in developmental prosopagnosia', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70, pp. 287 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2016.1173076
,2017, 'Thinking forensics: Cognitive science for forensic practitioners', Science and Justice, 57, pp. 144 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2016.11.005
,2017, 'Unfamiliar face matching systems in applied settings', Face processing: systems, disorders and cultural differences
,2016, 'Perceptual impairment in face identification with poor sleep', Royal Society Open Science, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160321
,2016, 'Model forensic science', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48, pp. 496 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2015.1128969
,2016, 'Not looking yourself: The cost of self-selecting photographs for identity verification', British Journal of Psychology, 107, pp. 359 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12141
,2015, 'Variation in Photos of the Same Face Drives Improvements in Identity Verification', Perception, 44, pp. 1332 - 1341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0301006615599902
,2015, 'Error rates in users of automatic face recognition software', PLoS ONE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139827
,2015, 'Identity-level representations affect unfamiliar face matching performance in sequential but not simultaneous tasks', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68, pp. 1777 - 1793, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2014.990468
,2015, 'Perceptual expertise in forensic facial image comparison', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1292
,2015, 'Viewers base estimates of face matching accuracy on their own familiarity: Explaining the photo-ID paradox', Cognition, 141, pp. 161 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2015.05.002
,2015, 'Identity-level representations affect unfamiliar face matching performance in sequential but not simultaneous tasks', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2014.990468
,2014, 'Constructing faces from memory: The impact of image likeness and prototypical representations', Journal of Forensic Practice, 16, pp. 243 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JFP-08-2013-0042
,2014, 'Passport officers' errors in face matching', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103510
,2014, 'Evaluating training methods for facial image comparison: The face shape strategy does not work', Perception, 43, pp. 214 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/p7676
,2014, 'Feedback training for facial image comparison', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 21, pp. 100 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-013-0475-3
,2014, 'Redesigning photo-ID to improve unfamiliar face matching performance', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 20, pp. 166 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000009
,2014, 'How to cross-examine forensic scientists: A guide for lawyers', Australian Bar Review, 39, pp. 174 - 197, http://mbthompson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Edmond-HowToCross-ExamineForensicScientists.pdf
,2013, 'Crowd effects in unfamiliar face matching', Applied Cognitive Psychology, 27, pp. 769 - 777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.2971
,2013, 'Transparency of geometric distortions in face identity', I-PERCEPTION, 4, pp. 480 - 480, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000336568300005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2012, 'In the dock: Chimeric image composites reduce face identification accuracy', Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26, pp. 140 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.1806
,2011, 'The other race effect does not rely on memory: Evidence from a matching task.', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64, pp. 1473 - 1483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2011.575228
,2011, 'Variability in photos of the same face', Cognition, 121, pp. 313 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2011.08.001
,2010, 'The glasgow face matching test', Behavior Research Methods, 42, pp. 286 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BRM.42.1.286
,2009, 'Investigating the medical forensic examination from the perspectives of sexually assaulted women', SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 68, pp. 774 - 780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.010
,2005, 'Robust representations for face recognition: The power of averages', Cognitive Psychology, 51, pp. 256 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2005.06.003
,Conference Papers
2014, 'Way-finding improves visual memory for built environments', in Kiefer P; Giannopoulos I; Raubal M; Krüger A (eds.), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, CEUR-WS - Peter Kiefer, Ioannis Giannopoulos, Martin Raubal, Antonio Krüger., Vienna, Austria, pp. 57 - 61, presented at Eye Tracking for Spatial Research, Vienna, Austria, 23 September 2014 - 25 September 2014, http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1241/paper12.pdf
,2014, 'Which visual cues are important in way-finding? Measuring the influence of travel mode on visual memory for built environments', in Caltenco H; Hedvall P; Larsson A; Rassmus-Grohn K; Rydeman B (eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Universal Design UD2014, IOS Press, Lund, Sweden, pp. 394 - 403, presented at International Conference on Universal Design UD2014, Lund, Sweden, 16 June 2014 - 18 June 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-403-9-394
,2009, 'Commercial face recognition doesn't work', in 2009 International Symposium on Bio-inspired, Learning, and Intelligent Systems for Security, BLISS 2009, pp. 43 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BLISS.2009.22
,2006, 'Face Recognition from Unconstrained Images: Progress with Prototypes', 02 April 2006 - 06 April 2006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/FGR.2006.45
,Reports
2020, Evaluating face identification expertise: Turning theory into practice, https://socialsciences.org.au/workshop/evaluating-face-identification-expertise-turning-theory-into-practice/
,Software / Code
2018, Analysis and Supporting Data from "Improving face identification with specialist teams" by Balsdon, Summersby, Kemp & White (2018). Article published in Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications., Published: 08 January 2018, Software / Code
,Theses / Dissertations
2016, The influence of active versus passive exploration of the built environment on way-finding and visual memory, UNSW
,Preprints
2024, Flexible use of facial features supports face identity processing, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/c7yfu
,2024, The State of Modeling Face Processing in Humans with Deep Learning, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hfjmq
,2023, Superior computational value of face information sampled by super-recognizers, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/3h5uj
,2022, Looking at faces in the wild, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/v7df6
,2021, Diverse routes to expertise in facial recognition, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fmznh
,2020, Performance of Typical and Superior Face Recognisers on a Novel Interactive Face Matching Procedure, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kbm2g
,Can face identification ability be trained? Evidence for two routes to expertise, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/g7qfd
,Understanding professional expertise in unfamiliar face matching, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/z2ugp
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