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| What are the 5 Gestalt grouping principles |
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Proximity
Continuity/good continuation
Similarity
Closure
Good Form |
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| Things that are close to each other are seen as being members of a group, while things further apart form a different group e.g. XXX XXXX |
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| Continuity/Good Continuation (gestalt) |
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| If objects fall along a smooth contour, they will be grouped. |
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Our visual system tends to close gaps, or fill in missing bits e.g. Panda Picture.
Your brain is processing the info, and that processing emphasizes some bits of info (like edges) so that in the situation where the info is degraded (by e.g. fog) the brain can fill in the missing info, it tries to recover the info. |
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| If the marks tend to form a single, simple shape then they will be grouped |
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| perceptual constancies include |
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Size constancy
Shape Constancy
Colour Constancy |
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| Size constancy (perceptual constancies) |
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| Tend to see things as being the same size, even though they are actually smaller on the retina when they are further away. results in part because the world is 3D. The brain takes into account the fact that the size of something on our retina will get smaller if we view the object from a distance |
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| Shape Constancy (perceptual constancies) |
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| The projected shape of an object can be quite differnt from the perceived shape. e.g. table top. Our knowledge from the 3D word, is used by our visual system to influence our perception of that info that is received at the retina |
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| Colour Constancy (perceptual constancies) |
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| Tendency to see colour as unchanging. e.g. jumper colour is seen as the same in dark and light. Colour is perceived in a relative manner, meaning relative to the colours of things nearby. |
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| Monocular depth cues (Pictorial cues) |
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Texture gradients
Occlusion
Atmospheric perspective
Relative size
Perspective
Hight in the visual scene |
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| Texture gradients (Pictorial cues) |
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| As things get further away from you the project smaller images on your retina. This gradient can be used to estimate depth. e.g. sand on beach |
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| Occlusion (Pictorial cues) |
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| Things that are in front of other things tends to be closer |
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| Atmospehric perspective (Pictorial cues) |
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| Things further away appear more hazy, and the colours tend to be bluer (due to things such as dust) |
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| Relative size (Pictorial cues) |
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| size of the retinal image is used to enhance our perception of depth not to change our perception of the size of the object (size consistancy) |
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| Perspective (Pictorial cues) |
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| Parallel lines tend to appear to converge, or come closer together, as they recede into the distance |
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| Height in the visual scene (Pictorial cues) |
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| When you look out over the landscape, things that are further away tend to be higher in the visual scene then things that are close to you. |
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