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Gestalt psychology
Our brain is really good at making shortcuts
Types of gestalt (6)
Figure ground
Closure
Proximity
Similarity
Connectedness
Continuation
Closure
Filling in gaps
Ex: random lines that appear like an object or sometjing
Connectedness
Objected that are connected
Continuation
Eye or senses follow the smoothest path
Convergence
When two eyes move inward to see near objects, and outward to see far away objects
Texture gradient
Indistinct (fine) texture signals increasing distance
Schema
List of characteristics of an object taht allows us to categorize future unfamiliar information
Synthesia
When you hear music but see shapes or hear your name and think of color.
Fancy word for when one of you experience a sense through another
Congenital insensitive
A person who feels no pain
Astringent
Puckers mouth