Average Person can recognize 5 thousand faces
By Web Deskupdated : 8 months ago
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WASHINGTON: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2018: As you flick through your mental Rolodex your friend’s family and co workers probably come first along with celebrities followed by the faces of the nameless strangers you encounter during daily routine.
Researcher gave 25 people 1 hour to list as many faces from their personal lives as possible and then another hour to do the same with famous like those of actors, politicians and musicians. By coming these two numbers and canceling out faces that appeared in both sets, the researchers determined the average person knows about 5000 faces.
They report today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. All 25 participants in the study recognized between 1000 to 10000 faces.
Average Person can recognize 5 thousand faces
By Web Deskupdated : 8 months ago
File Photo
WASHINGTON: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2018: As you flick through your mental Rolodex your friend’s family and co workers probably come first along with celebrities followed by the faces of the nameless strangers you encounter during daily routine.
Researcher gave 25 people 1 hour to list as many faces from their personal lives as possible and then another hour to do the same with famous like those of actors, politicians and musicians. By coming these two numbers and canceling out faces that appeared in both sets, the researchers determined the average person knows about 5000 faces.
They report today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. All 25 participants in the study recognized between 1000 to 10000 faces.
