scholarly journals The effect of good continuation on the contact order judgment of causal events

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Daehyun Ryu ◽  
Songjoo Oh
Keyword(s):  
Good Continuation ◽  
Contact Order

scholarly journals Local and Global Gestalt Laws: A Neurally Based Spectral Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 394-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Favali ◽  
Giovanna Citti ◽  
Alessandro Sarti
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Spectral Analysis ◽  
Group Theory ◽  
Visual Cortex ◽  
Connectivity Matrix ◽  
Spectral Approach ◽  
Good Continuation ◽  
Functional Architecture ◽  
Lie Group Theory ◽  
Gestalt Laws

This letter presents a mathematical model of figure-ground articulation that takes into account both local and global gestalt laws and is compatible with the functional architecture of the primary visual cortex (V1). The local gestalt law of good continuation is described by means of suitable connectivity kernels that are derived from Lie group theory and quantitatively compared with long-range connectivity in V1. Global gestalt constraints are then introduced in terms of spectral analysis of a connectivity matrix derived from these kernels. This analysis performs grouping of local features and individuates perceptual units with the highest salience. Numerical simulations are performed, and results are obtained by applying the technique to a number of stimuli.

scholarly journals The Limiting Case of Amodal Completion: The Phenomenal Salience and the Role of Contrast Polarity

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinna ◽  
Conti
Keyword(s):  
Perceptual Organization ◽  
Amodal Completion ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Good Continuation ◽  
Contrast Polarity ◽  
Visual Phenomenon ◽  
Continuous Object ◽  
Limiting Case ◽  
Visual Properties

In this work, we demonstrated unique and relevant visual properties imparted by contrast polarity in perceptual organization and in eliciting amodal completion, which is the vivid completion of a single continuous object of the visible parts of an occluded shape despite portions of its boundary contours not actually being seen. T-junction, good continuation, and closure are considered the main principles involved according to relevant explanations of amodal completion based on the simplicity–Prägnanz principle, Helmholtz’s likelihood, and Bayesian inference. The main interest of these approaches is to explain how the occluded object is completed, what is the amodal shape, and how contours of partially visible fragments are relatable behind an occluder. Different from these perspectives, amodal completion was considered here as a visual phenomenon and not as a process, i.e., the final outcome of perceptual processes and grouping principles. Therefore, the main question we addressed through our stimuli was “What is the role of shape formation and perceptual organization in inducing amodal completion?” To answer this question, novel stimuli, similar to limiting cases and instantiae crucis, were studied through Gestalt experimental phenomenology. The results demonstrated the domination of the contrast polarity against good continuation, T-junctions, and regularity. Moreover, the limiting conditions explored revealed a new kind of junction next to the T- and Y-junctions, respectively responsible for amodal completion and tessellation. We called them I-junctions. The results were theoretically discussed in relation to the previous approaches and in the light of the phenomenal salience imparted by contrast polarity.

scholarly journals Contour grouping: closure effects are explained by good continuation and proximity

2004 ◽  
Vol 44 (24) ◽  
pp. 2769-2777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tal Tversky ◽  
Wilson S. Geisler ◽  
Jeffrey S. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Good Continuation ◽  
Contour Grouping
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