gestalt laws

Figures have three-dimensional representations or forms {gestalt}| built innately by vision, by analyzing stimulus interactions. Gestalt needs no learning.

Gestalt law

Finding stimulus relations or applying organizational laws {insight, Gestalt} allows recognizing figures, solving problems, and performing similar mental tasks. Related gestalt laws can conflict, and they have different relative strengths at different times. Grouping laws depend on figure-ground relationship, proximity, similarity, continuity, closure, connectedness, and context [Ehrenfels, 1891]. Laws {gestalt law} {grouping rule} {Gestalt grouping rule} can replace less-organized patterns with emphasized, complete, or adequate patterns. Gestalt laws are minimizations. Gestalt laws are assumptions about which visual-field parts are most likely to belong to which object.

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