Super recognisers are people with extraordinary good face recognition ability. It is the extreme opposite of prosopagnosia. It is estimated that 1–2% of population are super recognisers who can remember 80% of faces they have seen. Normal people can only remember about 20% of faces. They have proved to be far superior to computer recognition systems. The science behind this is poorly understood but may be related to the fusiform face area part of the brain.
In May 2015, the Metropolitan Police officially formed a team made up of people with a "superpower" for recognising people and put them to work identifying crooks whose faces are captured on CCTV. Scotland Yard has a squad of over 200 super recognisers.
Glasgow Face Matching Test
Super recognisers performed well in the Glasgow Face Matching Test in comparison with a control group.