Women better than men at face recognition

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PEEK A BOO

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), May 24, 2001

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Also true for crotch recognition.

-- (nemesis@awol.com), May 24, 2001.

I found these results to be interesting and, in my experience, they ring true. The face-recognition ability recalls a remarkable anecdote.

A woman I know, Joan (not her real name) was attacked in her home by a man who had been stalking her. He broke in one night while she was out and hid in her spare room. After she went to bed, he entered her bedroom and raped her at gunpoint. This was no acquaintance-rape. She did not know the guy.

Joan is smart and tough. Instead of panicking, she paid close attention to the man as he raped away, gun to her head. She memorized as many details as possible about him. After the attack, she went to the police and provided such an accurate description of the man that they found him, arrested him and convicted him.

It turned out that he was a serial rapist that had been terrorizing that part of the city for a year.

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), May 25, 2001.


The answer is as plain as the nose on your face.

-- Maria (anon@ymous.com), May 25, 2001.

What was the question?

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), May 25, 2001.

Maria, your insensitive remark is offensive to those in the noseless community.

-- (Drippy@noseless_in.Seattle), May 25, 2001.


'Faced, I faced my wife.

-- (nemesis@awol.com), May 25, 2001.

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