The question of whether perception is analytic or wholistic is an enduring issue in
psychology. The global-precedence hypothesis, considered by many as a modern version of …

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 order of processing, whether global forms are processed prior to local forms or vice
versa, has been of considerable interest. Many current theories hold that the more …

It has been proposed (see, specifically, MJ Farah, KD Wilson, M. Drain, & JN Tanaka, 1998)
that human faces are used in cognition as undifferentiated wholes. General recognition …

From a barrage of photons, we readily and effortlessly recognize the faces of our friends,
and the familiar objects and scenes around us. However, these tasks cannot be simple for …

CONCLUSION Perception of objects from information that is fragmentary in space and time
tells much about the char-acter of perception generally. It illustrates, as the gestalt …

Theories of visual pattern recognition frequently assume that processing begins with an
analysis of the pattern into component parts, which are often assumed to be line segments of …

Perceptual organization refers to constraints on what is perceived (eg, with visual angle held
constant, apparent size and apparent distance covary; apparent figural quality varies with …

Part-based representations allow for recognition that is robust in the presence of occlusion,
movement, growth, and deletion of portions of an object, and play an important role in …

To address the fundamental question of “what are the primitives of visual perception”, a
theory of topological structure and functional hierarchy in visual perception has been …