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Publications

This is a list of all publications by Dr Josh P Davis and our team at the Face and Voice Recognition Lab, University of Greenwich

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2024

  • Davies-Thompson, J., Morgan, D., Davis, J. P., & Towler, J. R. (2024). Face feature change detection ability in developmental prosopagnosia and super-recognisers. Brain Sciences, 14(6), 561. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14060561

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  • Robertson, D. J., Davis, J. P., Sanders, J., & Towler, A. (2024). The super-recogniser advantage extends to the detection of hyper-realistic face masks. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 38(4), e4222. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/u2kja (free open access).​​

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  • ​​Davis, J. P., Nichols, R., Robertson, D. J., Ibsen, M., Rathgeb, C., Jenkins, R., Løvåsdal, F., Raja, K., Babbs, M., & Busch, C. (2024, February 14). The super-recogniser advantage extends to the detection of digitally manipulated faces. (Free to download pre-print: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ye7ph​​)

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  • Ibsen, M., Nichols, R., Rathgeb, C., Robertson, D. J., Davis, J. P., Løvåsdal, F., Raja, K., Jenkins, R., & Busch, C (2024). Application-oriented face manipulation detection: combining algorithm and human examiner decisions. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Workshop on Information Hiding and Multimedia Security (IH&MMSec’24), 41-46. https://doi.org/10.1145/3658664.3659649 (free open access).​

 

  • Ritchie, K., Carragher, D., Davis, J. P., Read, K., Jenkins, R., Noyes, E., Gray, K., Hancock, P. (2024). Face masks and fake masks: The effect of real and superimposed masks on face matching with superrecognisers, typical observers, and algorithms. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 9(5), https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-024-00532-2 (free open access).

2023

  • Noyes, E. Moreton, R., Hancock, P. J. B., Ritchie, K., Martinez, S. C., Gray, K., & Davis, J. P. (2023). A forensic facial examiner and professional team advantage for masked face identification (Free to download pre-print: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mkhnd)

2022

2021

  • Smith, H. M. J., Roeser, J., Pautz, N., Davis, J. P., Robson, J., Wright, D., Braber, N., & Stacey, P. (2022). Evaluating earwitness identification procedures: Adapting pre-parade instructions and parade procedure. Memory. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2022.2129065 (free open access)​

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  • Davis, J. P. (2022). Impact of research on “super-recognisers” on the establishment and staffing of specialist police units in the UK, Germany and Australia; improvements in suspect identification; creation of new commercial opportunities; improvement in public understanding. Impact Case Study: Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF, 2021). Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/impact/1a971c2a-3d9e-45b3-aef2-9d6faf52430d?page=1

2021

  • Foster, J. H., Martin, C., & Davis, J. P. (2021). Alcohol consumption during the Covid lockdown period: Predictors of at-risk drinking at different AUDIT-C cut-off thresholds. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, (19), 42, 13042. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413042 (free open access)​

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  • Davis, J. P., Dray, C., Petrov, N., & Belanova, E. (2021). Low prevalence match and mismatch detection in simultaneous face matching: Influence of face recognition ability and feature focus guidance. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 83(7), 2937-2954. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-021-02348-4​

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  • Smith, H. M. J., Andrews, S., Baguley, T., Colloff, M. F., Davis, J. P., White, D., Rockey, J. C., & Flowe, H. D. (2021). Performance of typical and superior face recognisers on a novel interactive face matching procedure. British Journal of Psychology, 112, 964-881. https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjop.12499 (free open access)

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  • Noyes, E., Davis, J. P., Petrov, P., Gray, K. L. H., Ritchie, K. (2021). The effect of face masks and sunglasses on identity and expression recognition with super-recognizers and typical observers. Royal Society Open Science, 8, 201169. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rsos.201169 (free open access)​​​​

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  • Jenkins, R., Tsermentseli, S., Monks, C. P., Robertson, D. J., Stevenage, S. V., Symons, A. E., & Davis, J. P. (2021).  Are super‐face‐recognisers also super‐voice‐recognisers? Evidence from cross‐modal identification tasks. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35, 590–605. DOI:10.1002/acp.3813​

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  • Correll, J., Ma., D. S., & Davis, J. P. (2021). Perceptual tuning through contact? Contact interacts with perceptual (not memory-based) face-processing ability to predict cross-race recognition. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 92, 104058, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104058

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  • Osborn, K., Davis, J. P., Button, S., & Foster, J. (2021). Juror decision making in acquaintance and marital rape: The influence of clothing, alcohol and pre-existing stereotypical attitudes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(5-6), NP2675-NP2696. DOI: 10.1177/0886260518768566 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/odbf2018) 

2020

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  • Davis, J. P. (2020). CCTV and the super-recognisers. In C. Stott, B. Bradford, M. Radburn, and L. Savigar-Shaw (Eds.), Making an Impact on Policing and Crime: Psychological Research, Policy and Practice (pp 34-67). London: Routledge. ISBN 9780815353577. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429326592  (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/34Phwjm) 

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  • Mcintosh, S., & Davis, J. P. (2020). The ‘casting couch’ scenario: Impact of perceived employment benefit, reporting delay, complainant gender, and participant gender on juror decision-making in rape cases. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, DOI: 10.1177/0886260520966679 (Free to download pre-print: http://bit.ly/McintoshJPD

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  • Jansari, A., Green, E., Innocenti, F., Nardi, D., Belanova, E., & Davis, J. P. (2020, August 31). The Goldsmiths Unfamiliar Face Memory and Before They Were Adult Tests. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/cfgz9

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  • Davis, J. P., Bretfelean, D., Belanova, E., & Thompson, T. (2020). Super-recognisers: face recognition performance after variable delay intervals. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34(6), 1350-1368. DOI:10.1002/acp.3712 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/3slkg0m) 

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  • Robertson, D., Black, J., Chamberlain, B., Megreya, A. M., & Davis, J. P. (2020). Super-recognisers show an advantage for other race face identification. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34(1), 205-216. DOI: 10.1002/acp.3608 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/rbcmd2020)

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  • ​Smith, H. M. J., Roeser, J., Pautz, N., Davis, J. P., Robson, J., Wright, D., Braber, N., & Stacey, P. (2020, July 27). Evaluating earwitness identification procedures: The effect of pre-parade instructions. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nxr3e

 

  • Dunn, J., Summersby, S., Towler, A., Davis, J. P., & White, D. (2020). UNSW Face Test: A screening tool for super-recognizers. PLoS ONE 15(11), e0241747. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241747 (free open access).

 

  • Jenkins, R., Tsermentseli, S., Monks, C. P., Robertson, D. J., Stevenage, S. V., Symons, A. E., & Davis, J. P. (2020, January 3). I remember you: Super-recognisers of faces display superior cross-modal skills with voices. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7xdp3​​​​​

2019

  • Mcintosh, S., & Davis, J. P. (2019, August 19). The ‘casting couch’ scenario: Impact of perceived employment benefit, reporting delay, complainant gender, and participant gender on juror decision-making in rape cases. (Free to download pre-print: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/2uhc3).
     

  • Smith, C., Davis, J. P., & Roberts, A. (2019, August 19). Probative or prejudicial: Biasing effects of background information in police body-worn video evidence on mock-juror decisions in victim-depressed domestic abuse cases. (Free to download pre-print: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/72xwh).
     

  • Davis, J. P., Maigut, A., & Forrest, C. L. D. (2019). The wisdom of the crowd: A case of post- to ante-mortem face matching by police super-recognisers. Forensic Science International, DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109910. (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/dmfb2019)

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  • Satchell, L., Davis, J. P., Julle-Danière, E., Tupper, N., & Marshman, P. (2019). Recognising faces but not traits: Accurate personality judgment from faces is unrelated to superior face memory. Journal of Research in Personality, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.02.002 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/sdjdtm2019)

2018

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  • Osborn. K., Davis, J. P., Button, S., & Foster, J. (2018). Juror decision making in acquaintance and marital rape: The influence of clothing, alcohol and pre-existing stereotypical attitudes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI: 10.1177/0886260518768566 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/odbf2018)​

 

  • Davis, J. P., Treml, F., Forrest, C., & Jansari, A (2018). Identification from CCTV: Assessing police super recognisers ability to spot faces in a crowd and susceptibility to change blindness. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 32(3), 337-353. DOI: 10.1002/acp.3405 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/3dtfj2018)

2017

  • Davis, J. P., Gibson, S., & Solomon, C. (2017). Holistic facial composite systems: Implementation and evaluation, in M. Bindemann and A. M. Megreya (Eds.), Face Processing: Systems, Disorders and Cultural Differences. Nova Science Publishers. (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/dgsb2017)

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  • Durova, M. D., Dimou, A., Litos, G., Daras, P., & Davis, J. P. (2017). TooManyEyes: Super-recogniser directed identification of target individuals on CCTV. Proceedings of the 8th IET International Conference on Imaging for Crime Detection and Prevention (ICDP-17), IET Digital Library, 43-48.
    DOI.org/10.5281/zenodo.1071986 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/ddldd2017)

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  • Davis, J. P., & Tamonytė, D. (2017). Masters of disguise: Super-recognisers’ superior memory for concealed unfamiliar faces. Proceedings of the 2017 Seventh International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies (EST), 6-8 September 2017, Canterbury, UK. DOI: 10.1109/EST.2017.8090397 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/dtb2017)

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  • Bretfelean, L.D., & Davis, J. P. (2017, August 30). Super-face recognisers: Long-term memory for unfamiliar faces. Best Undergraduate Project Prize Winner 2017, British Psychological Society: Cognitive Section (poster presentation), Newcastle, England. (Free to download poster here)

2016

  • Davis, J. P., Lander, K., Evans, R., & Jansari, A. (2016). Investigating predictors of superior face recognition ability in police super-recognisers. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30(6), 827–840. DOI: 10.1002/acp.3260 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/dlej2016)

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  • Davis, J. P., Thorniley, S., Gibson, S., & Solomon, C. (2016). Holistic facial composite construction and subsequent lineup identification accuracy: Comparing adults and children. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 150(1), 102-118. DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2015.1009867 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/dtgs2016)

2015

  • Valentine, T., & Davis, J. P. (2015). Forensic Facial Identification: Theory and Practice of Identification from Eyewitnesses, Composites and CCTV. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-118-46957-6. DOI: 10.1002/9781118469538 
     

  • Valentine, T., & Davis, J. P. (2015). Forensic facial identification: A practical guide to best practice. In T. Valentine and J. P. Davis (Eds.), Forensic Facial Identification: Theory and Practice of Identification from Eyewitnesses, Composites and CCTV (pp. 323-347). Chichester: WileyBlackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118469538.ch13 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/vdjp2015)

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  • Davis, J. P., & Valentine, T. (2015). Human verification of identity from photographic images. In T. Valentine and J. P. Davis (Eds.), Forensic Facial Identification: Theory and Practice of Identification from Eyewitnesses, Composites and CCTV (pp. 211-238). Chichester: WileyBlackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118469538.ch9 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/djpv2015)

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  • Valentine, T., & Davis, J. P. (2015). Eyewitness identification and surveillance of facial images: progress and problems. In T. Valentine and J. P. Davis (Eds.), Forensic Facial Identification: Theory and Practice of Identification from Eyewitnesses, Composites and CCTV (pp. 3-14). Chichester: WileyBlackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118469538.ch1 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/vdjpb2015)

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  • Edmond, G., Davis, J. P., & Valentine, T. (2015). Expert analysis: Facial image comparison. In T. Valentine and J. P. Davis (Eds.), Forensic Facial Identification: Theory and Practice of Identification from Eyewitnesses, Composites and CCTV (pp. 239-262). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118469538.ch10 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/edv2015)

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2014

  • Davis, J. P., Gibson, S, & Solomon, C. (2014). The positive influence of creating a holistic facial composite on video lineup identification. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 28, 634–639. DOI: 10.1002/acp.3045 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/dgs2014)

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  • Roberts, A. J., Davis, J. P., Valentine, T., & Memon, A. (2014). Should we be concerned about street identifications? Criminal Law Review, 9, 633-653. (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/rdvm2014)

2013

2012

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  • Valentine, T., Davis, J. P., Memon, A., & Roberts, A. (2012). Live showups and their influence on a subsequent video lineup. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26(1), 1-23. DOI: 10.1002/acp.1796 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/vdmr2012)

2010

  • Davis, J. P., Valentine, T., & Davis, R. E. (2010). Computer assisted facial comparison of photographic images taken from full-face and profile viewpoints. Forensic Science International, 200, 165-176. DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.012 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/dvdb2010) (download software here)

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  • Valentine, T., Davis, J. P., Thorner, K., Solomon, C., & Gibson, S. (2010). Evolving and combining facial composites: Between-witness and within-witness morphs compared. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16(1), 72-86. DOI: 10.1037/a0018801 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/vdtsg2010)

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  • Davis, J. P., Sulley, L. Solomon, C., & Gibson, S. (2010). A comparison of individual and morphed facial composites created using different systems. In G. Howells, K. Sirlantzis, A. Stoica, T. Huntsberger and A.T. Arslan (Eds.), 2010 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies (pp. 56–60). Canterbury: IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/EST.2010.29 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/dssg2010)

2009

  • Davis, J. P., & Valentine, T. (2009). CCTV on trial: Matching video images with the defendant in the dock. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 482-505. DOI: 10.1002/acp.1490 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/dv2009)

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  • Scott, S. K., Rosen, S., Beaman, C. P., Davis, J. P., & Wise, R. J. S. (2009). The neural processing of masked speech: Evidence for different mechanisms in the left and right temporal lobes. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125, 1737-1743. DOI: 10.1121/1.3050255 (Free to download pre-print: https://bit.ly/srbdw2009)

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