Gestalt psychology is often criticized as lacking quantitative measurements and precise
mathematical models. While this is true of the early Gestalt school, today there are many …

The evaluation of artificial intelligence systems and components is crucial for the progress of
the discipline. In this paper we describe and critically assess the different ways AI systems …

Objects are central in visual, auditory, and tactual perception. But what counts as a
perceptual object? I address this question via a structural unity schema, which specifies how …

Of the four interrelated concepts in the title, only symmetry has an exact mathematical
definition. In mathematical development, symmetry is a graded variable—in marked contrast …

We investigated whether visual complexity of novel abstract patterns affects perceived
duration. Previous research has reported that complex visual stimuli led to an …

Making a Machine That Sees Like Us explains why and how our visual perceptions can
provide us with an accurate representation of the external world. Along the way, it tells the …

The perception of hierarchical structure | The Oxford Handbook of Perceptual Organization |
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Perceptual organization is the process of giving structure to our experience of objects,
scenes, and events in the world. The literature on this complex and fascinating topic is huge …

This chapter discusses the phenomena of perceptual completion. First, a historic overview
on the phenomena of amodal and modal completion is given. Next, various approaches and …

Detection of (mirror) symmetry—which is abundantly present in the world—is often assumed
to be an integral part of the perceptual organization process that is applied to every visual …