A theory of information structure. II. A theory of perceptual organization (Q1080804)
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A theory of information structure. II. A theory of perceptual organization (English)
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1986
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A theory of perceptual organization is offered that accords with the description postulate presented in Part I [author's PhD thesis, Univ. of California, Berkeley (1984)], i.e., the theory claims that perceptual organization is defined by the input group of a machine which has a decomposition sequence prescribed by an algebraic stability ordering. An extensive analysis of the decomposition sequence appears to explain and predict a number of organizational phenomena: For example, the analysis appears to show (1) that the group sequence is divided at some point along it into two components, one determining the internal relational structure of a form and the other determining the form's extrinsic structure; (2) that the interaction between the internal and external aspects of a form is defined by a specific product operation at this point in the group sequence; (3) that a rigorous theory of grouping can be obtained by the analysis of certain subsequences within the internal sequence; (4) that the perceived hierarchical structure of a form is determined by the ordering on those subgroup subsequences; (5) that perceptual cartesian reference frames are also group sequences which conform to the description postulate; (6) that the impression of the imposition of a cartesian reference frame, on a form, is determined by subsequences of the group decomposition sequence of the form.
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cognitive principles
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theory of perceptual organization
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description postulate
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decomposition sequence
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algebraic stability ordering
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internal relational structure
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extrinsic structure
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group sequence
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theory of grouping
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perceived hierarchical structure
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perceptual cartesian reference frames
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