Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization
By Kendra Van Wagner, About.com
According to the law of closure, things are grouped together if they seem to complete some entity. Our minds often ignores contradictory information and fills in gaps in information.
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- What Are the Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization?
- Law of Similarity
- Law of Pragnanz
- Law of Proximity
- Law of Continuity
- Law of Closure
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