Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Köhler founded Gestalt psychology in the early 20th century. The dominant view in psychology at the time was See more

The Gestaltists were the first to document and demonstrate empirically many facts about perception—including facts about the perception of movement, the perception of contour See more

Gestalt psychology contributed to the scientific study of problem solving. In fact, the early experimental work of the Gestaltists in … See more

• Augusto Garau
• Amodal perception
• Cognitive grammar
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The Gestalt psychologists practiced a set of theoretical and methodological principles that attempted to redefine the approach to psychological research. This is in contrast to investigations developed at the beginning of the 20th century, based on traditional … See more

Perceptual grouping
Like figure-ground organization, perceptual grouping (sometimes called perceptual segregation) is a form of perceptual organization. … See more

Gestalt psychology struggled to precisely define terms like Prägnanz, to make specific behavioural predictions, and to articulate testable … See more