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THE EFFECT OF STIMULUS CONFIGURATION ON THE INCIDENCE OF THE COMPLETION PHENOMENON
Author(s) -
WARRINGTON ELIZABETH K.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1965.tb00987.x
Subject(s) - gestalt psychology , psychology , phenomenon , stimulus (psychology) , cognitive psychology , communication , neuroscience , perception , epistemology , philosophy
The phenomenon of ‘completion’ of incomplete figures across hemianopic field defects was studied in relation to the nature of the stimulus forms used. While the highest incidence of complete responses occurred with simple geometrical forms a substantial number occurred also in response to other types of forms, including complex representational material characterized neither by symmetry, nor ‘goodness' in the Gestalt sense, but depicting objects which are familiar and readily named. It was concluded that completion responses are most readily given to those forms with which the patient is familiar and which he would expect to see in complete form. Unfamiliar forms not readily named are infrequently completed.