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  • Cognitive psychology
  • Forensic science
  • Human-computer interaction

Background:

  • Face masks are widely used to mitigate COVID-19 transmission.
  • Masks significantly hinder facial recognition capabilities.
  • Impaired face identification poses challenges for law enforcement and security personnel.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if training on diagnostic facial features improves masked face matching.
  • To assess the efficacy of a brief training intervention for face identification.
  • To provide evidence-based strategies for enhancing identification accuracy with facial coverings.

Main Methods:

  • Participants completed a masked face matching task.
  • A brief diagnostic feature training (ears, facial marks) was administered.
  • A control training group received unrelated instruction.

Main Results:

  • Diagnostic feature training improved masked face matching performance by approximately 5%.
  • Control training had no significant impact on matching accuracy.
  • The training intervention was short, under two minutes.

Conclusions:

  • Comparing ears and facial marks is an effective method to improve masked face identification.
  • This training offers practical benefits for professions reliant on face recognition.
  • The findings support the use of targeted training to overcome mask-related identification deficits.