Fingerprint, face, and other
biometric identification
We are a group
of researchers investigating identification by a variety of biometric based
tools. These applied areas of research bring together a number of domains in
human information processing in which we specialise within cognitive
psychology. These domains include pattern recognition,
mental representations, decision making,
expertise, and knowledge
acquisition. These areas all converge together in the applied domain of
biometrics. Another area of interest to us which is vital for biometric
research and applications is the use and integration of technology.
Dror, I.E. & Shaikh, A. (2005). Training for expertise
in face recognition and working with face recognition technology (TNA). United Kingdom Passport Services (UKPS) Technical Report.
Dror, I. E., Charlton,
D. (2005). The vulnerability of fingerprint science and potential pitfalls in
the identification process. How can they be addressed and overcome?Fingerprint Society Meeting. Brighton.
Dror, I. E.,
Charlton, D., & Peron, A.E. (2004). Evaluating ‘scientific’
evidence for the court: What contributing factors are really involved in
fingerprint identification. International
Centre for Advanced Research in Identification Science (ICARIS).Sheffield.
Dror, I.E. & Shaikh, A. (2005).
Face recognition technology: Cognitive considerations in system design. United Kingdom Passport Services (UKPS) Technical Report.
Dror, I.E. & Stevenage, S. (Editors) Facial Information Processing: A
Multidisciplinary Perspective (2000). John Benjamins Publishing.
Dror, I. E., Peron,
A.E., & Charlton, D. (2004). Psychological factors involved in fingerprint
identification. Autumn Conference of the
Forensic Science Society.
Dror, I. E. & Florer, F. L. (1995). A neural network that
recognizes faces. In F. A. Sadjadi (Ed.), Automatic
Object Recognition V, (pp. 123-129). Bellingham, WA: SPIE.
Smith, W. & Dror, I. E. (1999).Configural Information Contributes More to Object
Representation than Featural Information. British
Psychological Cognitive Section XVI Annual Conference.
Ashworth, R. S., Dror, I.
E., Snooks, S. F., Robbins, R.D., & Schreiner,
C.S. (1997). Canonical and non-canonical presentations during training
determine the specificity of the object representations. Psychonomics Abstracts, 2, 627.
Charlton, D., Peron, A.E., & Dror, I.
E., (2004). The interplay of perceptual and cognitive elements in fingerprint
identification: When higher-level cognition can facilitated
or hinder fingerprint matching. International
Biometric Society, British Region Annual Meeting.Royal Statistical Society, London.
Dror, I. E., Langer,
E.J., Houlette, M., & Ashworth, R.S.( 2001).
Training and tasks demands that restrict and enhance performance. Psychonomic
Abstracts, 6, 85.
Schmitz-Williams, I., Smith, W., & Dror,
I.E. (2004). The interplay of bottom-up and top-down elements in
imagery: The role of visual feature & semantics.
XXI BPS Annual Cognitive
Conference.
Dror, I. E., Rafaely,
V., & Busemyer, J. R. (1999). The dynamics
of decision making as a function of recent outcomes and possible consequences. Sixth
European Congress of Psychology, 86. Dror, I.
E., Ashworth, R. S., Schreiner, C.S., Robbins, R.D., & Snooks,
S. F. (1997). The primacy effect on identification: Initial presentations
during training establish long lasting representations. Psychonomics
Abstracts, 2, 628. Philadelphia, PA.
Baden, D., Dror, I. E., and Warwick-Evans, L.A. (2000).
The dynamics within and between decisions. Psychonomic Abstracts, 4, 81.
Peron, A.E., Dror, I.
E., Hind, S.L, & Charlton, D. (2004). Decision making processes involved in
fingerprint identification: The influence of emotional context on finding a
match. 14th International Forensic
Science Symposium.
Dror, I. E., Florer,
F.L., Rios, D., & Zagaeski, M. (1996).
Using artificial bat sonar neural networks for complex pattern recognition:
Recognizing faces and the speed of a moving target. Biological Cybernetics,
74 (4), 331-338.
Peron, A.E. & Dror,
I.E. (2004). The number of alternative choices affects decision making
in a counter intuitive probability task. XXI BPS Annual Cognitive Conference. Schreiner,
C. S., Smith, K. M., & Dror, I. E. (1997). Visual-spatial processing of objects presented
from canonical and non-canonical viewpoints. Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Abstracts.
Dror, I. E., Ashworth, A.R.S., and Stevenage, S.V. (1999).
Mediating aircraft identification by manipulating distinctiveness, stimulus
similarity, and learning presentations. Psychonomic Abstracts, 4, 23-24.
Dror, I.E., Peron,
A., Hind, S., & Charlton, D. (2005). When
emotions get the better of us: The effect of contextual top-down processing on
matching fingerprints. Applied Cognitive
Psychology, 19(6), 799-809.