Week 2 - Gestalt principles

Gestalt principles

Set of principles that refers to the the way the brain perceives features of a visual image.

Visual perception principles

fundamental rule or guideline that explains how the human brain organises and interperates visual stimuli.

Figure-ground

organisation of parts of visual image with centre focus and background through identifying the contour.

Figure

the center focus, forefront

Ambiguous or reversable figure

Occur when the we attribute contour to both figure and ground, allowing them to both be seen as legitimate options.

Camoflauge

When we can not easily identify contour, restricting our ability to differentiate between figure and ground.

Ground

the surroundings, background

contour

The boundary that separates figure and ground (belonging of the figure)

closure

mentally filling in or ignoring visual gaps in image to perceive it as a whole.

simmilarity

Perceiving parts of visual stimulus which share similar features as belonging together in a whole.

proximity

Perceiving parts of visual image that are positioned closer together as belonging in the same group.