A century of Gestalt psychology in visual perception: II. Conceptual and theoretical foundations.
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A century of Gestalt psychology in visual perception: II. Conceptual and theoretical foundations.
Our first review article (Wagemans et al., 2012) on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of Gestalt psychology focused on perceptual grouping and figure-ground organization. It concluded that further progress requires a reconsideration of the conceptual and theoretical foundations of the Gestalt approach, which is provided here. In particular, we review contemporary formulations of holism...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Bulletin
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1939-1455,0033-2909
DOI: 10.1037/a0029334