1. Gestalt Organization
How the brain organizes incomplete information perceptually into a whole.
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
Our experiences, schemas and expectations allow our brains to complete the picture.
5 types of Gestalts: Similarity, Continuity, Connectedness, Proximity, & Closure
Visual Gestalt tendencies: Figure-Ground…see next slide…

2. Do you see both words?

3. Which Gestalt principle is illustrated here?
Similarity

4. And which Gestalt here?
Connectedness

5. And the smiley face is created by using what Gestalt principle?...
Proximity

6. What is in the foreground? Background?

7. Continuity

8. And here (2…)?
Closure & Connectedness

9. Binocular Cues—requires eyes
Retinal disparity: each retina sees a slightly different version of the object and judges it’s dimensions
Convergence: a neural muscular cue based on the convergence of the eyes which helps the brain judge distance by how the eye has to work to focus on a scene or object.
See next slide for “floating finger sausage” example…

11. Monocular Cues: Can tell depth w/1
Linear Perspective
Relative Brightness
Relative Clarity
Relative Size
Relative Height
Relative Motion
Interposition
Texture Gradient

12. Which is taller—guy in white shirt farther up the trail or the boy in the hat? Relative ________
Relative height

14. Example of what monocular cue for depth?
Interposition

15. Relative ______?
Relative clarity

16. These are examples of the _______ Illusion, monocular cues of ________ ______________ (a) and __________ _____________ (b)
Ponzo Illusion: relative size and linear perspective

17. _______-______ Illusion
Muller-Lyer Illusion

18. Relative _________?
Relative Brightness

19. Relative ______________
Relative motion

20. Which monocular cue is this?

21. Perception of Motion Phi Phenomenon Stroboscopic Movement
Illusory Motion

22. Example of _________ _____________?

23. What about this one…?

24. And this one…?

25. ________ _______ Psychology Examples