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Alex McLean

gestalt theory: sonic and visual gestalt

Gestalt theory puts forward the primacy of the whole in perception, not as an accumulation of perceptions of its parts but in something more. Our perceptions are subconsciously constructed towards the end of creating a perception as stable, or as "good" as possible. Our conscious mind is then presented with this organised percept of the whole. [Full essay]

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