Face memory test (children are in this one)

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This is the link
This is the first time I did this test
This tested incorperated memory for inverted faces of children and children the right way up as well as a test for adult faces.
I scored much better than I thought I would for the inverted faces of children. But I usually am better at children's faces and Chinese faces than adult Caucasian in spite of the fact I am Caucasian. I would like to see how I would score it the did a memory test on Chinese faces.
Below are my results:

Adult faces: Overall, you got 93% correct! The average score on this test is 85% correct.

Child faces: Overall, you got 83% correct! The average score on this test is 83% correct. Your percentile rank on this test was 50.

Child inverted faces: Overall, you got 63% correct! The average score on this test is 65% correct. Your percentile rank on this test was 45. (I sped through this part, it was creepy-looking).

I don't have problems recognizing faces (obviously). What I have major issues with is putting a name to them, which is darn near impossible for me.

Recognizing Upright Adult Faces
In this test, you were asked to learn the faces of 10 adult women. When you were tested on these faces, you had to indicate whether a face on the screen was one you learned or one that you hadn't seen before.

Out of 10 familiar faces, you correctly responded that you had seen 7 faces before.

Out of 20 unfamiliar faces, you correctly responded that you had NOT seen 19 faces before.

Overall, you got 87% correct! The average score on this test is 85% correct. Your percentile rank on this test was 55.



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Recognizing Upright Children's Faces
In this test, you were asked to learn the faces of 10 children between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. When you were tested on these faces, you had to indicate whether a face on the screen was one you learned or one that you hadn't seen before.

Out of 10 familiar faces, you correctly responded that you had seen 7 faces before.

Out of 20 unfamiliar faces, you correctly responded that you had NOT seen 14 faces before.

Overall, you got 70% correct! The average score on this test is 83% correct. Your percentile rank on this test was 14.



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Recognizing Inverted Children's Faces
In this test, you were asked to learn the upside-down faces of 10 children between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. We did this test in order to demonstrate how difficult it is to recognize upside-down faces. Some people with face blindness find that upright faces and upside-down faces are equally difficult. We think that recognizing upside-down faces is a good way of getting a feel for what its like to be faceblind. When you were tested on these faces, you had to indicate whether a face on the screen was one you learned or one that you hadn't seen before.

Out of 10 familiar faces, you correctly responded that you had seen 5 faces before.

Out of 20 unfamiliar faces, you correctly responded that you had NOT seen 14 faces before.

Overall, you got 63% correct! The average score on this test is 65% correct. Your percentile rank on this test was 45.


I thought it was interesting that I did much better on children's faces than adults. Interesting. Of course, I work with kids and relate to them better, so maybe that's just me. I also noticed that I was unable to concentrate on the faces as I got further into the test. My brain just didn't care. Too much info and it just shut down completely.

Recognizing Upright Adult Faces

Out of 10 familiar faces, you correctly responded that you had seen 9 faces before.

Out of 20 unfamiliar faces, you correctly responded that you had NOT seen 13 faces before.

Overall, you got 73% correct! The average score on this test is 85% correct. Your percentile rank on this test was 12.


Recognizing Upright Children's Faces

Out of 10 familiar faces, you correctly responded that you had seen 7 faces before.

Out of 20 unfamiliar faces, you correctly responded that you had NOT seen 8 faces before.

Overall, you got 50% correct! The average score on this test is 83% correct. Your percentile rank on this test was less than 1.


Recognizing Inverted Children's Faces

Out of 10 familiar faces, you correctly responded that you had seen 7 faces before.

Out of 20 unfamiliar faces, you correctly responded that you had NOT seen 8 faces before.

Overall, you got 50% correct! The average score on this test is 65% correct. Your percentile rank on this test was 7.

That paints a pretty bleak picture though in reality I'm a bit better and gradually recognize over time. Those that are important anyway

Upright adult: 80% correct, 30th percentile
Upright child: 73% correct, 20th percentile
Inverted child: 53% correct, 12th percentile (pretty much as good as random guessing)

I also took the celebrity recognition test and got 54%.

Looks like I just uncovered a new skill in which I am significantly below average! Ha ha. Good thing it's well offset by my superpowers...

Upright adult: 67% correct, 4th percentile
Upright child: 67% correct, 10th percentile
Inverted child: 70% correct, 70th percentile

I found the inverted child test the hardest and had to guess on almost every face. It looks like I got lucky guessing.

I have a question. What are you supposed to look at on someone's face to memorize it? I usually look at their hair but everyone was on this test was bald. I often recognize people by their body shape (slim, average, heavy) and the clothes they wear. I get people mixed up all the time.

%tiles were: 20, 14, and 20. Some of the heads were tilted in an angle so I could use that to identify them, not the faces. If every face had been positioned at the same angle, I might have done worse.

I was given that, I think, during my IQ test.

Rats. I lost my results.

I know it was slightly odd. I think the percentiles were roughly: Adult: 55, Child: 45, Inverted 87.

I.e. I was very much better at inverted faces than normal. I don't "recognise" faces, I remember blobs. The fact that the blob might be a face doesn't matter much.