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Associate Professor David White
Associate Professor

Associate Professor David White

Science
School of Psychology
Phone
9385 3254
E-mail
david.white@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2005
    Kemp RI; Esgate A; Groome D; Baker K; Reed C, 2005, An introduction to applied cognitive psychology, 1, Psychology Press, Hove, UK
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    2021, 'A proposed solution to the problem of identifying people from CCTV and other images', in Methods, Measures, and Theories in Eyewitness Identification Tasks, pp. 13 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003138105
    Book Chapters | 2021
    2021, 'Can Face Identification Ability Be Trained?', in Forensic Face Matching: Research an Practice, Oxford University Press, pp. 89 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837749.003.0005
    Book Chapters | 2020
    2020, 'Can face identification ability be trained? Evidence for two routes to expertise', in PsyArXiv, Center for Open Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/g7qfd
    Book Chapters | 2020
    2020, 'Understanding professional expertise in unfamiliar face matching', in PsyArXiv, Center for Open Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/z2ugp
    Book Chapters | 2019
    2019, 'Identifying people from images', in Brewer N; Bradford-Douglas A (ed.), Psychological Science and the Law, Guilford Publications
    Book Chapters | 2017
    2017, 'Human factors in forensic face identification', in Handbook of Biometrics for Forensic Science. Advances in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Springer, pp. 195 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50673-9_9
    Book Chapters | 2017
    2017, 'Unfamiliar face matching systems in applied settings', in Bindemann M; Megreya A (ed.), Face Processing: Systems, Disorders and Cultural Differences, Nova, pp. 21 - 40
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Kemp RI; White D, 2016, 'Face Identification', in An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology, Psychology Press, pp. 39 - 70
  • Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Let's talk about faces: Identifying faces from verbal descriptions', British Journal of Psychology, 114, pp. 262 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12610
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Looking at faces in the wild', Scientific Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25268-1
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Face-Information Sampling in Super-Recognizers', Psychological Science, 33, pp. 1615 - 1630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09567976221096320
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'GFMT2: A psychometric measure of face matching ability', Behavior Research Methods, 54, pp. 252 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01638-x
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Individual differences and the multidimensional nature of face perception', Nature Reviews Psychology, 1, pp. 287 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00041-3
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Masked face identification is improved by diagnostic feature training', Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-022-00381-x
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Partitioning natural face image variability emphasises within-identity over between-identity representation for understanding accurate recognition', Cognition, 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104966
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Tracking sexual dimorphism of facial width-to-height ratio across the lifespan: Implications for perceived aggressiveness', Royal Society Open Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211500
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Verifying unfamiliar identities: Effects of processing name and face information in the same identity-matching task', Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-022-00441-2
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Correction to: Choosing face: The curse of self in profile image selection (Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, (2017), 2, 1, (23), 10.1186/s41235-017-0058-3)', Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00320-2
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Diagnostic Feature Training Improves Face Matching Accuracy', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 47, pp. 1288 - 1298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000972
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'FACIAL RECOGNITION AND IMAGE COMPARISON EVIDENCE: IDENTIFICATION BY INVESTIGATORS, FAMILIARS, EXPERTS, SUPER RECOGNISERS AND ALGORITHMS', Melbourne University Law Review, 45, pp. 99 - 160, https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/4074254/03-Edmond-et-al-99.pdf
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Face information sampling in super-recognizers', , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/z2k4a
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'GFMT2: A psychometric measure of face matching ability', , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/a3fh4
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Masked face identification is improved by diagnostic feature training', , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/e9fq3
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Partitioning natural face image variability emphasises within-identity over between-identity representation for understanding accurate recognition', , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w58k3
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Performance of typical and superior face recognizers on a novel interactive face matching procedure', British Journal of Psychology, 112, pp. 964 - 991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12499
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Public attitudes towards the use of automatic facial recognition technology in criminal justice systems around the world', PLoS ONE, 16, pp. e0258241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258241
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'To which world regions does the valence–dominance model of social perception apply?', Nature Human Behaviour, 5, pp. 159 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-01007-2
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Top-down influences on working memory representations of faces: Evidence from dual-target visual search', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74, pp. 1368 - 1377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17470218211014357
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Visual information sampling of faces by super-recognisers', Journal of Vision, 21, pp. 2327 - 2327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/jov.21.9.2327
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Asymmetric contextual effects in age perception', ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200936
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Asymmetric contextual effects in age perception', Royal Society Open Science, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200936
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'UNSW Face Test: A screening tool for super-recognizers', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0241747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241747
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'UNSW Face Test: A screening tool for super-recognizers', PLoS One, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/k7mf6
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Are face recognition abilities in humans and sheep really 'comparable'?', Royal Society Open Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180772
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Do professional facial image comparison training courses work?', PLoS ONE, 14, pp. e0211037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211037
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Familiarity does not inhibit image-specific encoding of faces', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45, pp. 841 - 854, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000625
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Super-recognizers: From the lab to the world and back again', British Journal of Psychology, 110, pp. 461 - 479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12368
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Towards a ‘manifesto’ for super-recognizer research', British Journal of Psychology, 110, pp. 495 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12411
    Journal articles | 2018
    Eslami Afrooz A; White D; Parolin B, 2018, 'Effects of active and passive exploration of the built environment on memory during wayfinding', Applied Geography, 101, pp. 68 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.10.009
    Journal articles | 2018
    Menon N; Kemp RI; White D, 2018, 'More than a sum of parts: Robust face recognition by integrating variation', Royal Society Open Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172381
    Journal articles | 2018
    Phillips PJ; Yates AN; Hu Y; Hahn CA; Noyes E; Jackson K; Cavazos JG; Jeckeln G; Ranjan R; Sankaranarayanan S; Chen JC; Castillo CD; Chellappa R; White D; O'Toole AJ, 2018, 'Face recognition accuracy of forensic examiners, superrecognizers, and face recognition algorithms', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, pp. 6171 - 6176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721355115
    Journal articles | 2018
    Ritchie KL; White D; Kramer RS S; Noyes E; Jenkins R; Burton AM, 2018, 'Enhancing CCTV: Averages improve face identification from poor-quality images', Applied Cognitive Psychology, 32, pp. 671 - 680, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.3449
    Journal articles | 2018
    Towler A; White D; Ballantyne K; Searston RA; Martire KA; Kemp RI, 2018, 'Are Forensic Scientists Experts?', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 7, pp. 199 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2018.03.010
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Improving face identification with specialist teams', Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-018-0114-7
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Search templates that incorporate within-face variation improve visual search for faces', Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 3, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-018-0128-1
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Two sources of bias explain errors in facial age estimation', Royal Society Open Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180841
    Journal articles | 2017
    Hu Y; Jackson K; Yates A; White D; Phillips PJ; O’Toole AJ, 2017, 'Person recognition: Qualitative differences in how forensic face examiners and untrained people rely on the face versus the body for identification', Visual Cognition, 25, pp. 492 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2017.1297339
    Journal articles | 2017
    Towler A; White D; Kemp RI, 2017, 'Evaluating the feature comparison strategy for forensic face identification', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23, pp. 47 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000108
    Journal articles | 2017
    White D; Rivolta D; Burton AM; Al-Janabi S; Palermo R, 2017, 'Face matching impairment in developmental prosopagnosia', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70, pp. 287 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2016.1173076
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'Choosing face: The curse of self in profile image selection', Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-017-0058-3
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'Qualitative Differences Between Professional Forensic Face Examiners and Untrained People in Person Recognition Are Revealed by Item Analysis', Journal of Vision, 17, pp. 615 - 615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/17.10.615
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'Thinking forensics: Cognitive science for forensic practitioners', Science and Justice, 57, pp. 144 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2016.11.005
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'Unfamiliar face matching systems in applied settings', Face processing: systems, disorders and cultural differences
    Journal articles | 2016
    Beattie L; Walsh D; McLaren J; Biello SM; White D, 2016, 'Perceptual impairment in face identification with poor sleep', Royal Society Open Science, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160321
    Journal articles | 2016
    Edmond G; Found B; Martire K; Ballantyne K; Hamer D; Searston R; Thompson M; Cunliffe E; Kemp R; San Roque M; Tangen J; Dioso-Villa R; Ligertwood A; Hibbert D; White D; Ribeiro G; Porter G; Towler A; Roberts A, 2016, 'Model forensic science', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48, pp. 496 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2015.1128969
    Journal articles | 2016
    White D; Burton AL; Kemp RI, 2016, 'Not looking yourself: The cost of self-selecting photographs for identity verification', British Journal of Psychology, 107, pp. 359 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12141
    Journal articles | 2015
    Menon N; White D; Kemp RI, 2015, 'Identity-level representations affect unfamiliar face matching performance in sequential but not simultaneous tasks', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2014.990468
    Journal articles | 2015
    Menon N; White D; Kemp RI, 2015, 'Identity-level representations affect unfamiliar face matching performance in sequential but not simultaneous tasks', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68, pp. 1777 - 1793, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2014.990468
    Journal articles | 2015
    Menon N; White D; Kemp RI, 2015, 'Variation in Photos of the Same Face Drives Improvements in Identity Verification', Perception, 44, pp. 1332 - 1341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0301006615599902
    Journal articles | 2015
    Ritchie KL; Smith FG; Jenkins R; Bindemann M; White D; Burton AM, 2015, 'Viewers base estimates of face matching accuracy on their own familiarity: Explaining the photo-ID paradox', Cognition, 141, pp. 161 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2015.05.002
    Journal articles | 2015
    White D; Dunn JD; Schmid AC; Kemp RI, 2015, 'Error rates in users of automatic face recognition software', PLoS ONE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139827
    Journal articles | 2015
    White D; Jonathon Phillips P; Hahn CA; Hill M; O’Toole AJ, 2015, 'Perceptual expertise in forensic facial image comparison', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1292
    Journal articles | 2014
    Edmond G; Martire KA; Kemp RI; Hamer D; Hibbert B; Ligertwood A; Porter G; San Roque M; Searston R; Tangen J; Thompson M; White D, 2014, 'How to cross-examine forensic scientists: A guide for lawyers', Australian Bar Review, 39, pp. 174 - 197, http://mbthompson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Edmond-HowToCross-ExamineForensicScientists.pdf
    Journal articles | 2014
    Frowd CD; White D; Kemp RI; Jenkins R; Nawaz K; Herold K, 2014, 'Constructing faces from memory: The impact of image likeness and prototypical representations', Journal of Forensic Practice, 16, pp. 243 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JFP-08-2013-0042
    Journal articles | 2014
    Towler A; White D; Kemp RI, 2014, 'Evaluating training methods for facial image comparison: The face shape strategy does not work', Perception, 43, pp. 214 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/p7676
    Journal articles | 2014
    White D; Burton AM; Jenkins R; Kemp RI, 2014, 'Redesigning photo-ID to improve unfamiliar face matching performance', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 20, pp. 166 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000009
    Journal articles | 2014
    White D; Kemp RI; Jenkins R; Burton AM, 2014, 'Feedback training for facial image comparison', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 21, pp. 100 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-013-0475-3
    Journal articles | 2014
    White D; Kemp RI; Jenkins R; Matheson M; Burton AM, 2014, 'Passport officers' errors in face matching', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103510
    Journal articles | 2013
    Sandford A; Burton AM; White D, 2013, 'Transparency of geometric distortions in face identity', I-PERCEPTION, 4, pp. 480 - 480, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000336568300005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Crowd effects in unfamiliar face matching', Applied Cognitive Psychology, 27, pp. 769 - 777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.2971
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'In the dock: Chimeric image composites reduce face identification accuracy', Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26, pp. 140 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.1806
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'The other race effect does not rely on memory: Evidence from a matching task.', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 64, pp. 1473 - 1483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2011.575228
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'Variability in photos of the same face', Cognition, 121, pp. 313 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2011.08.001
    Journal articles | 2010
    Mike Burton A; White D; McNeill A, 2010, 'The glasgow face matching test', Behavior Research Methods, 42, pp. 286 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BRM.42.1.286
    Journal articles | 2009
    2009, 'Investigating the medical forensic examination from the perspectives of sexually assaulted women', SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 68, pp. 774 - 780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.010
    Journal articles | 2005
    Burton AM; Jenkins R; Hancock PJ B; White D, 2005, 'Robust representations for face recognition: The power of averages', Cognitive Psychology, 51, pp. 256 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2005.06.003
  • Preprints | 2022
    2022, Looking at faces in the wild, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/v7df6
    Preprints | 2021
    2021, Diverse routes to expertise in facial recognition, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fmznh
    Preprints | 2020
    2020, Can face identification ability be trained? Evidence for two routes to expertise, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/g7qfd
    Reports | 2020
    2020, Evaluating face identification expertise: Turning theory into practice, https://socialsciences.org.au/workshop/evaluating-face-identification-expertise-turning-theory-into-practice/
    Preprints | 2020
    2020, Performance of Typical and Superior Face Recognisers on a Novel Interactive Face Matching Procedure, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kbm2g
    Preprints | 2020
    2020, Understanding professional expertise in unfamiliar face matching, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/z2ugp
    Software / Code | 2018
    Balsdon T; Summersby S; Kemp RI; White D, 2018, Analysis and Supporting Data from "Improving face identification with specialist teams" by Balsdon, Summersby, Kemp & White (2018). Article published in Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications., Published: 08 January 2018, Software / Code
    Theses / Dissertations | 2016
    Eslami Afrooz A, 2016, The influence of active versus passive exploration of the built environment on way-finding and visual memory, UNSW
    Conference Papers | 2014
    2014, 'Way-finding improves visual memory for built environments', in Kiefer P; Giannopoulos I; Raubal M; Krüger A (eds.), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, CEUR-WS - Peter Kiefer, Ioannis Giannopoulos, Martin Raubal, Antonio Krüger., Vienna, Austria, pp. 57 - 61, presented at Eye Tracking for Spatial Research, Vienna, Austria, 23 September 2014 - 25 September 2014, http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1241/paper12.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2014
    2014, 'Which visual cues are important in way-finding? Measuring the influence of travel mode on visual memory for built environments', in Caltenco H; Hedvall P; Larsson A; Rassmus-Grohn K; Rydeman B (eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Universal Design UD2014, IOS Press, Lund, Sweden, pp. 394 - 403, presented at International Conference on Universal Design UD2014, Lund, Sweden, 16 June 2014 - 18 June 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-403-9-394
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Jenkins R; White D, 2009, 'Commercial face recognition doesn't work', in 2009 International Symposium on Bio-inspired, Learning, and Intelligent Systems for Security, BLISS 2009, pp. 43 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BLISS.2009.22
    Conference Papers | 2006
    2006, 'Face Recognition from Unconstrained Images: Progress with Prototypes', in FGR 2006: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, pp. 25 - 30, 02 April 2006 - 06 April 2006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/FGR.2006.45