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LEARNING THEORY : GESTALT PRINCIPLES
LEARNING THEORY : GESTALT PRINCIPLES
Gestalt's Laws
Closure
Visually close gaps in a form, especially in familiar forms
Focus on what is present
Ignore the missing parts
FIll in the gaps with a familiar, line/tone/pattern to complete the form
Figure
Identify objects as distinct from their background
Dependent upon contrast
Varying degrees of contrast can detract/enhance legibility
Similarity
Items that are similar tend to be grouped together
Good form/Pragnanz Law
Reality is organized/reduced to the simplest form possible
Continuity
Objects will be grouped as a whole if they are co-linear/follow direction
Proximity
Items that are spatially located near to each other seem part of a group, items that are apart perceived as separate
Gestalt Psychology
A theory of mind and brain - operational principle of the brain is holistic, parallel & analogue
Comes with self-organizing tendencies, the whole is different from the sum of its parts
Form-forming capability of our senses, particularly with respect to the visual recognition of figures & whole forms instead of just a collection of simple lines & curves
Applications
To build computational models mimicking human neural processes
To build successful 'artificial' visual cognition system
To help further our understanding of 'organic' visual cognition
To perform specific, task-dependent image processing