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Prof. Sarah Bate
@sarahbate.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology at Bournemouth University, interested in face recognition, prosopagnosia and super-recognisers. www.prosopagnosiaresearch.org
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Excited to share our new book chapter (in press)!

"What do we know about people with developmental prosopagnosia?"

with Brad Duchaine, in the forthcoming book: From 'Super Recognisers' to the 'Face Blind' (Ed. K. Lander, Oxford University Press).

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March 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Wonderful to see the symposium honouring Dr. Andy Johnson. A fantastic academic and colleague, and a friend to so many. All the best to the BU PGRs presenting your work with Andy at this event - you will do him proud
February 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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"We were particularly focused on books that will not just tell kids about science, but inspire them to become scientists themselves" ICYMI, Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) on some of this year's best science books for kids:
Top Science Books for Children: Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2024
The best science books for kids: the excellent titles on the 2024 Royal Society book prize shortlist, introduced by Professor Dorothy Bishop
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November 28, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Very pleased to introduce our keynote speaker at the @bournemouthuni.bsky.social PGR conference - Prof Mary Davis from Oxford Brookes talking to our research community about research integrity
November 27, 2024 at 1:45 PM
New paper with @benparris.bsky.social that presents a taxometric analysis of developmental prosopagnosia: two studies provide evidence for a categorically distinct impairment. @bournemouthuni.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A Taxometric Analysis of Developmental Prosopagnosia: Evidence for a Categorically Distinct Impairment
Poor performance on cognitive assessment tasks may indicate a selective ‘impairment’. However, it is unclear whether such difficulties separate the in…
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November 27, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️

So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?

We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary

#WomeninSTEM

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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November 25, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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November 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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🚀 New Research! 🚀

🔍 Title: Flexible Use of Facial Features Supports Face Identity Processing
Our study reveals that the key to accurate face recognition lies in the flexibility of using different facial features.

#Research #FaceRecognition #Psychology #Forensics #Security #AcademicResearch
What makes some people better at recognising faces?
Recognising faces is crucial to social interactions, and also in applied settings such as criminal investigations. Research has shown that there are widespread differences in people’s ability to recog...
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November 19, 2024 at 10:20 PM