PATTERN CLOSURE
Charles François (2004). PATTERN CLOSURE, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2490.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2490 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented, Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
The ability of the brain to contrive the illusion of complete visual, auditive or tactil perception from an incomplete one.
K. SAYRE explains: “If a pattern is particularly well established within the subject's perceptual repertoire, simulation of a subset of its operating sequences may engage the entire set of information-processing activity” (1976, p.158).
Shifting pattern closure is responsible for figure-ground or figure-figure reversals as for instance in the famous old-woman, or young lady picture. Pattern closure is closely related to Gestalt perception and, generally organizational closure in the perceiving observer.