Remembering a face and knowing whether or not you’ve seen that person before is a critical skill for investigators in all fields and niche specialties. So is being able to “place the face;” knowing when and in what context you’ve seen that person.

Here is a link to a great facial recognition test…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/tmt/instructions_1.shtml

There are two parts A and B, and each part will have 12 photos of faces. You only have a short time, 4 seconds, to see each face before the program moves to the next face. Part A will begin and when that is finished you can start Part B. When Part B is finished, the test will begin. The test will consist of showing 48 faces and below each face you will have a choice of choosing whether you have seen the face, either in Part A or in Part B, or whether or not you have seen the face at all. After you have made you selection for face number 48 your score will appear and you will be able to see how you scored.

Thanks to Dean Beers, owner and Senior Legal Investigator of Forensic Investigators of Colorado, LLC., for sending us the link!