Lack of proper sleep may hinder in facial recognition

Insomnia or lack of proper sleep may affect the accuracy of facial identifications, a study with implications for those working in security, policing or forensic settings, has found. sleep disruption is common in the general population and especially so among night shift workers. the findings showed that poor sleeper were just as confident in their decisions. "worryingly, although poorer sleep was associated with reduced accuracy, poor sleepers were not less confident in their responses. this has important implications for security and policing. where shift work is common,"said David white from the university of new south  wales. it shows for the first time that performance in a crucial "passport task" (face recognition) is affected by poor sleep.

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