Perceptual processes that may create stick figures and balance.
A series of experiments looked at the pattern of dot placements created when people individually placed a single dot inside empty outline figures. The superimposed results were found to compare better with the predictions of Blum's grassfire model than with a size-constancy process. The pattern of superimposed dots conformed to the stick figure of the outlined contours. A perceptual model based on spatial harmonic analysis of complex visual scenes is offered as an explanation for the pattern of results.
D003071:Cognition; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009903:Optical Illusions; D009949:Orientation; D010466:Perceptual Closure; D014796:Visual Perception