Table 2.
Test items shown with the mean scores (N = 855, survey)
| Test item | Mean score (1 SD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Females | Males | ||
| HK#1 * | I can easily follow actors in a movie | 2.94 (1.21) | 2.83 (1.14) |
| HK#2 | Some of my family have problems in recognizing faces | 1.49 (0.96) | 1.48 (0.89) |
| HK#3 | People often tell me I do not recognize them | 2.48 (1.19) | 2.49 (1.21) |
| HK#4 * | I can decide immediately if a face is familiar | 2.48 (1.08) | 2.41 (1.08) |
| HK#5 | It takes me a long time to recognize people | 2.83 (1.14) | 2.74 (1.14) |
| HK#6 * | I always recognize family members | 1.15 (0.53) | 1.15 (0.58) |
| HK#7 * | I can easily form a mental picture of a red rose | 1.65 (0.86) | 1.95 (1.06) |
| HK#8 * | I can easily form pictures of close friends in my mind | 1.56 (0.87) | 1.60 (0.91) |
| HK#9 * | I recognize famous people immediately | 2.59 (1.19) | 2.59 (1.15) |
| HK#10 * | I can decide immediately whether a face is male or female | 1.93 (0.92) | 1.87 (0.78) |
| HK#11 | I get lost in new places | 3.77 (1.24) | 3.07 (1.28) |
| HK#12 * | I can see if a face is attractive | 2.51 (1.08) | 2.42 (1.07) |
| HK#13 | I have problems reading emotions in a face | 2.42 (1.02) | 2.53 (1.07) |
| HK#14 | I avoid meetings as I might overlook familiar people | 1.79 (0.94) | 1.86 (0.99) |
| HK#15 | I do not recognize people the day after a brief meeting | 3.09 (1.32) | 2.93 (1.32) |
| CONF * | I am confident that I can recognize faces well compared to others | 3.33 (1.16) | 3.16 (1.22) |
| PI#1 | My face recognition ability is worse than most people | 2.82 (1.09) | 2.68 (1.10) |
| PI#2 | I have always had a bad memory for faces | 2.11 (1.08) | 2.06 (1.02) |
| PI#3 | I find it notably easier to recognize people who have distinctive facial features | 4.23 (0.78) | 4.29 (0.78) |
| PI#4 | I often mistake people I have met before for strangers | 2.49 (1.17) | 2.51 (1.22) |
| PI#5 | When I was at school I struggled to recognize my classmates | 2.05 (1.11) | 1.92 (1.02) |
| PI#6 | When people change their hairstyle, or wear hats, I have problems recognizing them | 2.69 (1.16) | 2.71 (1.16) |
| PI#7 | I sometimes have to warn new people I meet that I am ‘bad with faces’ | 1.76 (1.13) | 1.72 (1.09) |
| PI#8 * | I find it easy to picture individual faces in my mind | 2.45 (1.12) | 2.31 (1.01) |
| PI#9 * | I am better than most people at putting a ‘name to a face’ | 3.47 (1.15) | 3.25 (1.19) |
| PI#10 | Without hearing people's voices, I struggle to recognize them | 2.06 (1.01) | 2.15 (1.02) |
| PI#11 | Anxiety about face recognition has led me to avoid certain social or professional situations | 1.86 (1.08) | 1.86 (1.04) |
| PI#12 | I have to try harder than other people to memorize faces | 2.33 (1.18) | 2.34 (1.19) |
| PI#13 * | I am very confident in my ability to recognize myself in photographs | 1.84 (0.95) | 1.97 (1.00) |
| PI#14 | I sometimes find movies hard to follow because of difficulties recognizing characters | 2.23 (1.19) | 2.08 (1.11) |
| PI#15 | My friends and family think I have bad face recognition or bad face memory | 1.79 (1.04) | 1.76 (0.98) |
| PI#16 | I feel like I frequently offend people by not recognizing who they are | 1.75 (0.97) | 1.71 (0.96) |
| PI#17 * | It is easy for me to recognize individuals in situations that require people to wear similar clothes (e.g. suits, uniforms and swimwear) | 2.67 (1.13) | 2.53 (1.14) |
| PI#18 | At family gatherings, I sometimes confuse individual family members | 1.66 (0.97) | 1.63 (0.94) |
| PI#19 * | I find it easy to recognize celebrities in ‘before-they-were-famous’ photos, even if they have changed considerably | 3.44 (1.07) | 3.46 (1.06) |
| PI#20 | It is hard to recognize familiar people when I meet them out of context (e.g. meeting a work colleague unexpectedly while shopping) | 2.63 (1.23) | 2.53 (1.23) |
Items marked with asterisks (*) are reverse scored