The recognition of faces:. a. seems to rely on the detection of features and geons, indicating that the recognition by components model can be applied to face recognition.
b. resembles other forms of recognition in that our ability to recognize faces is relatively unimpaired by changes in viewing angle or orientation.
c. differs from other forms of recognition in that face recognition appears not to be influenced by expectation or knowledge effects.
d. is influenced by configurational factors, suggesting that a model based on feature detection will provide a poor explanation of face recognition.