Maybe you are a "super recognizer."
Dave Munger of Cognitive Daily asks if you recognize these four faces? They belong to "extremely famous individuals." If you can recognize all four, he says, "you just might be a super recognizer."
Munger writes, "a team of researchers led by Richard Russell" believe they have found a select group of people who have "an amazing ability to recognize faces." Might you belong to this group?
I happen to think I might be one. Not the least because, while watching rented movies at home, I'm the annoying viewer who must ruin everyone's good time find the controls, stop and rewind, while asking, "Who IS that woman? I know that face! What have I seen her in before?" I usually guess by the end of the film and I'm usually always right.
Write your answers on a piece of paper, then post in my comment section. Or you can post your comment on Munger's site, here. Compare your answers to the correct ones, promised to be posted later this evening at Cognitive Daily.
I will update this blog when the correct answers are posted. So check back to see if we're right.
26 comments:
1.??
2. Bill Clinton
3. Scarlett Johannsen
4. Paul Newman
I am like you, in that I like to guess all the stars in a movie. I especially like to see the old movies and see if I can recognize the stars in their youth. And see if I can remember their names! That's most of the battle. I know that face! :)
Anyway, this was fun. #1 looks very familiar, but the name is just not coming to me. I will check back to see if I had any of the others right.
Completely and utterly without a clue!
I have no idea. I'm so bad at this.
This is fun. I love guessing games..tee hee. I'll guess.
1. Jesse Owens
2. Bill Clinton
3. Paul Newman
4. John Wayne
Why I picked all dudes, I'll never know....
No clue!
Allison
I don't have a clue. I always read Cognitive Daily now, it's fascinating, so thanks for having it on your blogroll
Here are my "just blurt it out" answers..
1. ?
2. Bill Clinton
3. Scarlett Johannsen
4. John Wayne
Now I'll go back and look again and see if I still think the same thing.
The correct answers are (I'm going to make these less easily legible for those who want to scroll down and place their guesses first): 1.MalcolmX2.Bill Clinton3.ScarlettJohansson4.John Wayne.These results mean I am well on my way to official status as a super recognizer.
That was fun. I knew I didn't have the first one, but the last one, I wasn't sure about. Now that you say John Wayne, it's easy to see. I wouldn't have known Malcom X, though I should have.
I had Malcolm X and John Wayne. I can't believe I didn't get Clinton--I was thinking it might be a Kennedy because of the teeth.
Ooo. I picked James Dean as the only one I recognized. Guess that must mean I'm a Super Vaguehead.
I got nuthin' on the first face and am made crazy by the second face (since Fragrant thought it was Bill Clinton, and I thought it was "someone who's friends with Hilary Clinton," would that prove it must be Bill? Or else it's Fergie--the Duchess, not the singer who thinks she's a duchess). The third is Scarlett Johanssen, and the last is John Wayne?
Hey, it helps that I did this without reading all the comments except the first one. Malcolm X, eh?
Hey, I wanted to thank you for the awesome Ipod suggestion list! I have about half of those on my Ipod, but you've given me a huge bunch of tips for beefing up the playlist.
1.Jamie Foxx
2. Bill CLinton
3.
4. john Wayne
that's what I got!!!
I got 3 Scarlett and 4 John Wayne. 2 drove me insane....a 'on the tip of my tongue' person...1 I was thinking Obama. Ha. Maybe I need to put my glasses on before I guess next time!
I get the Bill Clinton and Scarlett Johannsen ... as for the rest? I have no bloody clue.
tranny -- he is SO in your target range!
3. Scarlet Johannsen.
the others, freaking clueless.
I am a horrible recognizer, but I've gotta go with Bill Clinton for #2. For everyone else, I wait for the movie credits.
I'm going to have my husband give this a try, though. I think he'd probably be at least a Very Good Recognizer.
Cool blog by the way (saw your link at Shrink Rapped). My girlfriend is a super recogniser so will send this one to her. I got Scarlet and Bill but not the other two. And LOL re the mother ;-)
1. Bill Cosby
2. Bill Clinton
3. ?
4. John Wayne
I am one of those people.
Malcolm X
Bill Clinton
Scarlett Johannsen
John Wayne
P.S. I should state that I DID NOT peek at your answers in the comments. Just reading them now.
Boy, if you and I got together we'd really make people crazy, wouldn't we???
I recognized Scarlet Johannsen...and the others LOOK familiar...but that's it.
Knock me off the super-recognizers list!
Oh, I'm terrible at this. I think my problem may be bigger than that, though, because these days when I look in the mirror, there's some old woman in there I don't recognize either.
Very troubling.
:^) Anna
nelson mandela, bill clinton, an actress i don't know but kinda recognize, and john wayne ... now to see if i'm right ....
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