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Gestalt psychology is a theory of how the human mind works that focuses on how we perceive and organize what we see, hear, and sense around us. It matters because it reveals that our brains don't just passively record information—instead, they actively organize sensory impressions into meaningful patterns and wholes.
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Research
1,342 papers- A neglected pioneer of psychology: Otto Selz's contribution to the psychology of thinking and the dispute with Gestalt psychologists in Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung.ReviewPsychological research · 2022Proctor RW, Ridderinkhof KRDOI: 10.1007/s00426-022-01707-6
- A century of Gestalt psychology in visual perception: I. Perceptual grouping and figure-ground organization.ReviewPsychological bulletin · 2012Wagemans J, Elder JH, Kubovy M et al.DOI: 10.1037/a0029333
- Gestalt psychology in Italy.Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences · 2000Verstegen IDOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6696(200024)36:1<31::aid-jhbs3>3.0.co;2-d
- Gestalt psychology: the forgotten paradigm in abnormal psychology.The American journal of psychology · 2004