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The Kent Face Matching Test.

Matthew C Fysh1, Markus Bindemann1

  • 1School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

British Journal of Psychology (London, England : 1953)
|September 6, 2017
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The Kent Face Matching Test (KFMT) offers a new, ecologically valid tool for face matching research. It uses real-world appearance changes to assess facial recognition abilities, correlating with existing tests.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Forensic Science
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Accurate face matching is crucial in various real-world applications.
  • Existing face matching tests often lack ecological validity due to controlled stimuli.
  • There is a need for tools that capture natural variations in facial appearance over time.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Kent Face Matching Test (KFMT), a novel stimulus set for face matching research.
  • To provide an ecologically valid measure of face matching that accounts for appearance changes.
  • To validate the KFMT's performance against established face recognition tests.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the KFMT with 200 same-identity and 20 different-identity face pairs.
  • Face pairs consist of student ID photos and later portraits (≥3 months apart).
Keywords:
facematchingtestunfamiliar

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  • Two experiments were conducted: comparing KFMT with the Glasgow Face Matching Test (GFMT) and correlating KFMT with the Cambridge Face Memory Test (CFMT) and Cambridge Face Perception Test (CFPT).

    • Main Results:

    • The KFMT proved to be a challenging measure of face matching ability.
    • Performance on the KFMT correlated significantly with established face matching and memory tests (GFMT, CFMT, CFPT).
    • The test effectively captures natural variations in facial appearance over time.

    Conclusions:

    • The Kent Face Matching Test (KFMT) is a valuable and ecologically valid tool for face matching research.
    • It complements existing measures and offers a more realistic assessment of face recognition.
    • The KFMT is freely available, promoting further research in the field.