Perceiving Conspecifics is Not Purely Visual: “Body Gestalt” Completion is Influenced by the Body Posture of the Observer

When we perceive other people in our everyday encounters their bodies are often partially occluded. High-level visual areas are known to automatically complete partially occluded objects, as revealed by the classic “gestalt” phenomena. However, here we set out to investigate if “body gestalt” comple...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: K Kessler, S Miellet, N Hoogenboom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-04-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1068/i199