Most objects can be recognized easily even when they are partly occluded. This also holds when several overlapping objects share the same surface features (self-splitting objects) which is an illustration of the grouping principle of Good Gestalt. We employed outline and filled contour stimuli in a primed flanker task to test whether the processing of self-splitting objects is in accordance wit...

This paper introduces a mapping method, overtone mapping, that projects multichannel time-series data onto a harmonic-series structure. Because of the common-fate effect of the Gestalt principle, correlated signals are perceived as a unity, while uncorrelated signals are perceived as segregated. This method is first examined with sonification of simple, generic data sets. Then overtone mapping ...

Social and biological systems consist of many levels, typically hierarchically arranged, with different mechanisms and rules for organizing information and decision-making at each level. This multi-level flow of information processing is obvious in perceptual systems, where simple feature elements are aggregated into more complex groupings using Gestalt-like associations. Likewise, in social do...

a simple, efficient and clean procedure has been developed for the cleavage of imines c=n bond. deprotection of imines to their parent carbonyl and amine compounds was achieved using p-toluenesulfonic acid in the solid state condition at 25-45 ˚c. the salient features of this methodology are shorter reaction times, cheap processing, high yields of product and easy availability of the catalyst. ...