Abstract
Faces are particularly difficult to recognize when they are presented in the unusual upside down orientation. Understanding this face-inversion-effect (FIE) reveals which kind of information processing is used in the usually very efficient upright face recognition. Recent research is discussed which indicates that configural information is disrupted by inversion more than local information in faces. Moreover, the nature of configural information is investigated by means of experiments which test whether configural information consists of discrete spatial relationships or more holistic information. Empirical studies favor the former position. It is concluded that face processing relies significantly on the processing of relational information such as distance between the eyes.
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