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Table SUP SP.1 Gestalt principles of form perception<\/caption>\n
Principle<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\nExample<\/th>\nImage<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Figure-ground relationship<\/td>\nWe structure input so that we always see a figure (image) against a ground (background).<\/td>\nAt right, you may see a vase or you may see two faces, but in either case, you will organize the image as a figure against a ground.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Similarity<\/td>\nStimuli that are similar to each other tend to be grouped together.<\/td>\nYou are more likely to see three similar columns among the\u00a0XYX\u00a0characters at right than you are to see four rows.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proximity<\/td>\nWe tend to group nearby figures together.<\/td>\nDo you see four or eight images at right? Principles of proximity suggest that you might see only four.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Continuity<\/td>\nWe tend to perceive stimuli in smooth, continuous ways rather than in more discontinuous ways.<\/td>\nAt right, most people see a line of dots that moves from the lower left to the upper right, rather than a line that moves from the left and then suddenly turns down. The principle of continuity leads us to see most lines as following the smoothest possible path.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Closure<\/td>\nWe tend to fill in gaps in an incomplete image to create a complete, whole object.<\/td>\nClosure leads us to see a single spherical object at right rather than a set of unrelated cones.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Approximate reading time:<\/a> 2 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Table SUP SP.1 Gestalt principles of form perception<\/caption>\n
Principle<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\nExample<\/th>\nImage<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Figure-ground relationship<\/td>\nWe structure input so that we always see a figure (image) against a ground (background).<\/td>\nAt right, you may see a vase or you may see two faces, but in either case, you will organize the image as a figure against a ground.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Similarity<\/td>\nStimuli that are similar to each other tend to be grouped together.<\/td>\nYou are more likely to see three similar columns among the\u00a0XYX\u00a0characters at right than you are to see four rows.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proximity<\/td>\nWe tend to group nearby figures together.<\/td>\nDo you see four or eight images at right? Principles of proximity suggest that you might see only four.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Continuity<\/td>\nWe tend to perceive stimuli in smooth, continuous ways rather than in more discontinuous ways.<\/td>\nAt right, most people see a line of dots that moves from the lower left to the upper right, rather than a line that moves from the left and then suddenly turns down. The principle of continuity leads us to see most lines as following the smoothest possible path.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Closure<\/td>\nWe tend to fill in gaps in an incomplete image to create a complete, whole object.<\/td>\nClosure leads us to see a single spherical object at right rather than a set of unrelated cones.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Image Attributions<\/h1>\n
All images in Table SUP SP.1 \u00a0are licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0<\/a> license. The image creator has requested to not receive attribution.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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