Perception

is the gateway to understanding our world.

Our perception of the world is an
abstraction, constructed from information
obtained through our senses placed in the
context of previous experiences and built-in
assumptions about the world.
 Gestalt psychology
or gestaltism

is a theory of mind and brain positing that the

operational principle of the brain is holistic, parallel,
and analog, with self-organizing
tendencies. The Gestalt effect is the form-generating
capability of our senses, particularly with respect to the
visual recognition of figures and whole forms instead
of just a collection of simple lines and curves.
GESTALT LAWS of
ORGANIZATION
Law of Closure
The mind may experience elements it does not perceive through sensation, in order to
complete a regular figure
 Law of Similarity
The mind groups similar elements into collective entities or totalities. This similarity
might depend on relationships of form, color, size, or brightness
 Law of Proximity
Spatial or temporal proximity of elements may induce the mind to perceive a collective
or totality.
LAW OF SIMPLICITY
We perceive the pattern in the most basic, straightforward manner that we can
 FEATURE ANALYSIS
An approach to perception suggesting that we perceive a shape, pattern, object, or scene
through the reaction of the specific neurons to the individual elements that make up the
stimulus.
This tiny bit of graffiti may be overlooked by the casual passerby because of it’s
size, but it is also humorous and makes it seem like there is a hole in the wall.
This is a natural mountain which has a shape of a horse face,by just seeing the photograph most of
the people think it is a horse face photograph but after careful study of the picture and the
surroundings one can determine this optical illusion

How Many Pandas Can You Spot?

TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM UP
PROCESSING
PERCEPTUAL CONSTANCY
DEPTH PERCEPTION
The ability to view the world in three dimensions and to
perceive
MOTION PERCEPTION
PERCEPTUAL ILLUSIONS

Look at the words and reading out the colour of the word and not what the word says. Not
as easy as it sounds.