The Perceptual Urge to Organize As you scan this image, you’ll experience firsthand the strong psychological tendency to organize visual elements to arrive at the perception of whole figures, forms, and shapes. Notice that as you shift your gaze across the pattern, you momentarily perceive circles, squares, and other geometric forms.
MATLIN, MARGARET W.; FOLEY, HUGH J., SENSATION AND PERCEPTION, 3rd Edition, © 1992. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ