The problem of perceptual organization is central to understanding vision. Its importance—
and its difficulty—can perhaps be most easily appreciated by considering the output of the …

The visual world consciously perceived is very different from the chaotic juxtaposition of
different colors and shapes that stimulate the individual retinal receptors. Objects are seen …

An exploration of ideas emanating from behavioural, developmental, neurophysiological,
neuropsychological and computational approaches to the problem of visual perceptual …

The field of perceptual organization in vision is surveyed and analyzed from
phenomenological, empirical, and theoretical perspectives. Structuralist, Gestaltist, and …

This chapter summarizes a growing body of literature on organizational effects in vision.
Although they are readily experienced phenomenally, these effects also surface in the …

The visual world consciously perceived is very different from the retinal mosaic of intensities
and colors that arises from external objects. We perceive an organized visual world …

Recent research on perceptual grouping is described with particular emphasis on identifying
the level (s) at which grouping factors operate. Contrary to the classical view of grouping as …

This reprinted chapter originally appeared in Vision Science: Photons to Phenomenology,
1999, 255-269. It explores perceptual organization and begins with a discussion on the …

The visual world consciously perceived is very different from the raw visual information or
retinal mosaic of intensities and colors that arises from external objects. From the …

Wertheimer's (1923, Psychologische Forschung 4 301–350) idea that the perceptual world
is articulated according to factors of organisation is widely acknowledged as one of the most …