RECOGNITION OF HUMAN INDIVIDUALS

'Recognition of human individuals' involves physical recognition, such as visual, auditory, or behavior recognition.

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Recognition of acquaintances
Recognition for commercial, security and legal reasons, including forensics
See also

Recognition of acquaintances


From nearby, a human individual is mainly recognized by his or her face; individuals with ''prosopagnosia'' are unable to recognize the faces of other people.
Other differences in appearance may also impede recognition:

★ usually most of the body is covered with clothing, which varies from day to day;

★ body parts other than the face that are uncovered, such as hands, are not as easy to use to tell people apart;

★ the arrangement of the hair also helps recognizing people, but, like clothing, a person may vary this, and it may also be covered by headgear.
People can also fairly well be recognized by voice. The combination of visual and auditive recognition is even more effective and often removes any doubts. From longer distances, people can be recognized by their body size and shape and their gait.

Recognition for commercial, security and legal reasons, including forensics



★ comparing the face with that on a passport photograph

fingerprints

DNA fingerprinting

Iris scan

Retina scan

★ other biometrics

signature

Birthmarks - May be duplicated cosmetically

Dentition - Identity may be mistaken by lack of or falsification of dental X-ray records
Other identifiers which may be more easily falsified, copied, or mistaken are:

Name

Address

Postcode or ZIP Code

Phone number

★ Credit card number, National Insurance number (UK) or Social Security number (US) or Personal Identification Number ( in countries like Russia,Romania,Moldova) - May be mistaken through an administrative error, or falsified by someone acquiring the number from discarded records or receipts

Tattoos - May be duplicated cosmetically

See also



authentication

makeup

disguise

impersonation

costume

pattern recognition

face perception

identity (social science)

identity document

digital identity

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