This book is intended as a Festschrift on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Lothar Spillmann, eminent visual experimentalist in the tradition of Gestalt psychology, who has done influential work in integrating phenomenological, psychophysical, and neurophysiological findings in his quest for a Neo-Gestalt neuroscience. Spillmann’s laboratory has attracted a large number of psychophysicists a...

A clear distinction generally exists between processes of design generation and processes of design production. The profusion of digital fabrication tools and technologies make evident such distinctions in the context of design production but at the same time carry potential for material and fabrication-based processes promoting generative design methods. Such strategic application and customiz...

The field of Gestalt therapy has long had a troubled relationship with mainstream psychotherapy. The decades long assent of cognitive-behavioral and other, more objectively oriented therapies moved Gestalt even further from common acceptance as a valid alternative for treatment. Couple’s therapy, in particular, has not commonly been seen as a natural “fit” for Gestalt practice. The author’s vie...

Sotos syndrome is an overgrowth condition characterized by cardinal features including excessive growth during childhood, macrocephaly, distinctive facial gestalt and various degrees of learning difficulty, and associated with variable minor features. The exact prevalence remains unknown but hundreds of cases have been reported. The diagnosis is usually suspected after birth because of excessiv...

Objectives: Motor therapy plays a key role on the bilateral coordination skills and motor activities of children with Intellectual Disability (ID). The present research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of motor therapy on motor skills and bilateral coordination skills of students with ID.  Methods: This was a quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test and control group desig...

Hemispheric differences in the visual system have been well-established, although their exact nature remains under study (Hellige 1990). Thus far, research has focused on the perception of whole objects or scenes. Van Kleeck and Kosslyn (1989) investigated the possibility of lateralization for Gestalt principles using an embedded figures task. They^ found an effect of lateralization, that parts...