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  • Gestalt Psychology
    A psychological approach focusing on the perception of unified patterns rather than isolated elements.
  • Perception
    The mental process of organizing and interpreting sensory information as coherent wholes.
  • Max Wertheimer
    A founding figure who advanced the study of holistic perception and motion in psychology.
  • Structuralism
    An early psychological perspective emphasizing the breakdown of experiences into basic components.
  • Principles of Perceptual Organization
    Guidelines explaining how the brain groups visual elements to create meaningful patterns.
  • Frame Rate
    The frequency at which consecutive images appear, influencing the perception of motion.
  • Motion Perception
    The interpretation of movement from visual stimuli, crucial for understanding animated sequences.
  • Visual Perception
    The process of interpreting and organizing visual information into structured wholes.
  • Pattern
    An organized arrangement of elements perceived as a single, unified entity.
  • Holistic Processing
    The integration of multiple sensory inputs into a single, comprehensive experience.
  • Foreground
    The part of a visual scene that appears closest and most prominent to the observer.
  • Background
    The area of a visual scene that appears farther away and less prominent.
  • Depth
    The perception of spatial relationships and distance within a visual scene.
  • Sensation
    The initial detection of environmental stimuli by sensory organs before interpretation.
  • Animation
    A sequence of images shown rapidly to create the illusion of continuous movement.