By Dr Alice Katherine Towler

Book Chapters

Towler A; Kemp RI; White D, 2021, 'Can Face Identification Ability Be Trained?', in Forensic Face Matching: Research an Practice, Oxford University Press, pp. 89 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837749.003.0005

White D; Towler A; Kemp R, 2020, 'Understanding professional expertise in unfamiliar face matching', in Forensic face matching: Research and practice, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 62 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837749.003.0004

Towler A; Kemp R; White D, 2020, 'Can face identification ability be trained? Evidence for two routes to expertise', in Forensic face matching: Research and practice, pp. 89 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837749.003.0005

Towler A; White D; Kemp R, 2020, 'Can face identification ability be trained? Evidence for two routes to expertise', in PsyArXiv, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/g7qfd

White D; Towler A; Kemp R, 2020, 'Understanding professional expertise in unfamiliar face matching', in PsyArXiv, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/z2ugp

Towler A; Kemp RI; White D, 2017, 'Unfamiliar face matching systems in applied settings', in Bindemann M; Megreya A (ed.), Face Processing: Systems, Disorders and Cultural Differences, Nova, pp. 21 - 40

Journal articles

Growns B; Towler A; Martire K, 2024, 'Correction to: The novel object-matching test (NOM Test): A psychometric measure of visual comparison ability(Behavior Research Methods, 10.3758/s13428-023-02069-6)', Behavior Research Methods, 56, pp. 2692 - 2694, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02154-w

Growns B; Towler A; Martire K, 2024, 'The novel object-matching test (NOM Test): A psychometric measure of visual comparison ability', Behavior Research Methods, 56, pp. 680 - 689, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02069-6

Towler A; Dunn JD; Castro Martínez S; Moreton R; Eklöf F; Ruifrok A; Kemp RI; White D, 2023, 'Diverse types of expertise in facial recognition', Scientific Reports, 13, pp. 11396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28632-x

Varela VPL; Towler A; Kemp RI; White D, 2023, 'Looking at faces in the wild', Scientific Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25268-1

Dunn JD; Towler A; Kemp RI; White D, 2023, 'Selecting police super-recognisers', PLoS ONE, 18, pp. e0283682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283682

Tyler R; Towler A; Kemp RI; White D, 2023, 'Let's talk about faces: Identifying faces from verbal descriptions', British Journal of Psychology, 114, pp. 262 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12610

Carragher DJ; Towler A; Mileva VR; White D; Hancock PJB, 2022, 'Masked face identification is improved by diagnostic feature training', Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-022-00381-x

Growns B; Towler A; Dunn JD; Salerno JM; Schweitzer NJ; Dror IE, 2022, 'Statistical feature training improves fingerprint-matching accuracy in novices and professional fingerprint examiners', Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 7, pp. 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-022-00413-6

Growns B; Dunn JD; Helm RK; Towler A; Kukucka J, 2022, 'The low prevalence effect in fingerprint comparison amongst forensic science trainees and novices', PLoS ONE, 17, pp. e0272338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272338

Growns B; Dunn JD; Mattijssen EJAT; Quigley-McBride A; Towler A, 2022, 'Match me if you can: Evidence for a domain-general visual comparison ability', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 29, pp. 866 - 881, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-021-02044-2

Towler A; Keshwa M; Ton B; Kemp RI; White D, 2021, 'Diagnostic Feature Training Improves Face Matching Accuracy', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 47, pp. 1288 - 1298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000972

Edmond G; White D; Towler A; San Roque M; Kemp R, 2021, 'FACIAL RECOGNITION AND IMAGE COMPARISON EVIDENCE: IDENTIFICATION BY INVESTIGATORS, FAMILIARS, EXPERTS, SUPER RECOGNISERS AND ALGORITHMS', Melbourne University Law Review, 45, pp. 99 - 160, https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/4074254/03-Edmond-et-al-99.pdf

Carragher DJ; Towler A; Mileva VR; White D; Hancock P, 2021, 'Masked face identification is improved by diagnostic feature training', , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/e9fq3

Dunn JD; Summersby S; Towler A; Davis JP; White D, 2020, 'UNSW Face Test: A screening tool for super-recognizers', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0241747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241747

Robertson DJ; Sanders JG; Towler A; Kramer RSS; Spowage J; Byrne A; Burton AM; Jenkins R, 2020, 'Hyper-realistic Face Masks in a Live Passport-Checking Task', Perception, 49, pp. 298 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0301006620904614

Dunn JD; Summersby S; Towler A; Davis JP; White D, 2020, 'UNSW Face Test: A screening tool for super-recognizers', PLoS One, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/k7mf6

Towler A; Kemp RI; Mike Burton A; Dunn JD; Wayne T; Moreton R; White D, 2019, 'Do professional facial image comparison training courses work?', PLoS ONE, 14, pp. e0211037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211037

Towler A; Kemp RI; Bruce V; Burton AM; Dunn JD; White D, 2019, 'Are face recognition abilities in humans and sheep really 'comparable'?', Royal Society Open Science, 6, pp. 180772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180772

Towler A; White D; Ballantyne K; Searston RA; Martire KA; Kemp RI, 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

Kramer RSS; Manesi Z; Towler A; Reynolds MG; Burton AM, 2018, 'Familiarity and Within-Person Facial Variability: The Importance of the Internal and External Features', Perception, 47, pp. 3 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0301006617725242

Kramer RSS; Telfer CGR; Towler A, 2017, 'Visual comparison of two data sets: Do people use the means and the variability?', Journal of Numerical Cognition, 3, pp. 97 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v3i1.100

Towler A; White D; Kemp RI, 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

Edmond G; Towler A; Growns B; Ribeiro G; Found B; White D; Ballantyne K; Searston RA; Thompson MB; Tangen JM; Kemp RI; Martire K, 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

Edmond G; Found B; Martire K; Ballantyne K; Hamer D; Searston R; Thompson M; Cunliffe E; Kemp R; San Roque M; Tangen J; Dioso-Villa R; Ligertwood A; Hibbert D; White D; Ribeiro G; Porter G; Towler A; Roberts A, 2016, 'Model forensic science', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48, pp. 496 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2015.1128969

Towler A; White D; Kemp RI, 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

Reports

White D; Towler A; Jeffery L; Kemp R; Palermo R; Ballantyne K; Curby K; Edmond G; Martire K; O'Toole A; Phillips J; San Roque M; Wilmer J; Carter T; Dunn J; Tullberg C; Ferguson D; Geach J; Heyer R; Michalski D; Moreton R; Noyes E; Ritchie K; Sutherland C, 2020, Evaluating face identification expertise: Turning theory into practice, https://socialsciences.org.au/workshop/evaluating-face-identification-expertise-turning-theory-into-practice/

Preprints

de Lima Varela VP; Towler A; Kemp R; White D, 2022, Looking at faces in the wild, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/v7df6

Robertson D; Davis J; Sanders J; Towler A, 2022, The super-recogniser advantage extends to the detection of hyper-realistic face masks, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/u2kja

Towler A; Dunn JD; Martínez SC; Moreton R; Eklöf F; Ruifrok A; Kemp R; White D, 2021, Diverse routes to expertise in facial recognition, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fmznh

Towler A; White D; Kemp R, Can face identification ability be trained? Evidence for two routes to expertise, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/g7qfd

White D; Towler A; Kemp R, Understanding professional expertise in unfamiliar face matching, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/z2ugp

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