Psychology · Cognitive Psychology
A topic within Cognitive Psychology, itself one of 13 topics in that field and part of Psychology.
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Kurt Koffka
Argues that perceived wholes are not built up from summed sensory elements, so perception must be explained by the organising laws of the whole configuration itself.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Notes on this copyRuth Rosenholtz and Pawan Sinha (MIT OpenCourseWare)
Treats perception as inference under uncertainty rather than as recording, using illusions and psychophysics to show what the visual and auditory systems must be assuming.
link checked 17 Sept 2026