face blindness

[mktrias]

Read an interesting article about people who have trouble recognizing faces

Comments

[rhealitycheck]

ok you know this is something that i never understand. if you get 100% correct why aren't you in the 100th percentile?!

anyway these are my results:
upright adult faces: 93% correct, 80th percentile
upright children's faces: 87% correct, 60th percentile
upside-down children's faces: 77% correct, 88th percentile

[mktrias]

Well basically, it's impossible to be in the 100th percentile. That would mean you scored higher than everyone, including yourself! Plus, if 9% of the test-takers score a 100%, then it's also impossible to score better than 92% of them. Right?