top of page
download (2).png

Publications

This is a list of all publications by Dr Josh P Davis and our team at Super Recognisers Greenwich

download%20(2)_edited.png

2023

  • Ritchie, K.L., Carragher, D.J., Davis, J.P., Read, K., Jenkins, R.E., Noyes, E., Gray, K.L.H., & Hancock, P.J.B. (2023, July 2023). Face masks and fake masks: The effect of real and superimposed masks on face matching with super-recognisers, typical observers, and algorithms. https://osf.io/qgxhs/ (pre-print: free open access)

2022

  • Robertson, D. J., Davis, J. P., Sanders, J., & Towler, A. (2022, August 16). The super-recogniser advantage extends to the detection of hyper-realistic face masks. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/u2kja (pre-print: free open access)  - Paper submitted to the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

​​

  • 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)

​

  • 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)

​

  • 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 (download author's free open access link here: https://rdcu.be/ctXOc)

​

​

​​

​

  • 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. DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12499 (Read here - open access)

 ​​​

  • 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://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201169 ​

​

​

  • 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​

​

​

  • 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 

​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/odbf2018) 

​​

2020

​​

  • 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  (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/34Phwjm) 

​

  • 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, Download pre-print here: http://bit.ly/McintoshJPD 

​

  • 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

​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/3slkg0m) 

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/rbcmd2020)

​​​

​​

​​

  • ​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

 

 

  • 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​​

​

  • Smith, H. M. J., Andrews, S., Baguley, T., Colloff, M. F., Davis, J. P., White, D., & Flowe, H. D. (2020, August 3). Performance of typical and superior face recognisers on a novel interactive face matching procedure. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kbm2g 

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. 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. 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. (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/dmfb2019)

​​

​​

2018

  • Belanova, E., Davis, J. P., & Thompson, T. (2018). Cognitive and neural markers of super-recognisers' face processing superiority and enhanced cross-age effect. Cortex, 98, 91-101.DOI:10.1016/j.cortex.2018.07.008 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/bdtb2018)

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: 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 (Download pre-print here: 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. (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/dgsb2017)

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here:     https://bit.ly/ddldd2017)

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/dtb2017)

​

  • Bretfelean, L.-D., & Davis, J. P. (2017, August 30). Super-recognition: Long term reliable memory of unfamiliar faces following a ‘fleeting glimpse’. Best Undergraduate Project Prize Winner, British Psychological Society: Cognitive Section (poster presentation), Newcastle, England. (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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/dlej2016)

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/vdjp2015)

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/djpv2015)

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/vdjpb2015)

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/edv2015)

​​

  • Davis, J. P., Maigut, A. C., Jolliffe, D., Gibson, S., & Solomon, C. (2015). Holistic facial composite creation
    and subsequent video line-up eyewitness identification paradigm. Journal of Visualized Experiments,106, e53298. DOI:10.3791/53298 (read     here - open access)
     

  • Davis, J. P., Simmons, S., Sulley, L., Solomon, C. J., & Gibson, S. J. (2015). An evaluation of postproduction facial composite enhancement techniques. Journal of Forensic Practice, 17(4), 1-12. DOI: 10.1108/JFP-08-2015-0042 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/dsssg2015)

​​

  • Davis, J. P., Valentine, T., Memon, A., & Roberts, A. J. (2015). Identification on the street: a field comparison of police street identifications and video line-ups in England. Psychology, Crime and Law, 1, 9-27. DOI.org/10.1080/1068316X.2014.915322 (Download pre-print here)

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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/dgs2014)

​​

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

2013

  • Davis, J. P., Lander, K., & Jansari, A. (2013). I never forget a face. The Psychologist, 26(10), 726-729. (read here - open access)
     

  • Davis, J. P. (2013). Super-recognisers in the Metropolitan Police. IFSEC Global, 15 October 2013 (download pre-print here)

2012

  • Davis, J. P. (2012). Image comparison, facial, photographic. In A. Jamiesson and A. Moenssens (Eds.), Wiley Encyclopaedia of Forensic Science. Wiley: UK. DOI: 10.1002/9780470061589.fsa1066 (read here)
     

  • Davis, J. P., Valentine, T., & Wilkinson, C. (2012). Facial image comparison. In C. Wilkinson and C. Rynn (Eds.), Craniofacial Identification (pp. 136-153). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI.org/10.1017/CBO9781139049566.012 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/dvw2012)

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/dvdb2010) (download software here)

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/vdtsg2010)

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/dv2009)

​​

  • 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 (Download pre-print here: https://bit.ly/srbdw2009)

2000

  • Wilding, J., Cook, S., & Davis, J. P. (2000). Sound familiar? The Psychologist, 13(11), 558-562. (read here - open access)

bottom of page