The Oxford Handbook of Perceptual Organization

Johan Wagemans has a BA in psychology and philosophy, an MSc and a PhD in experimental psychology, all from the University of Leuven, where he is currently a full professor. Current research interests are mainly in so-called mid-level vision (perceptual grouping, figure-ground organization, depth and shape perception) but stretching out to low-level vision (contrast detection and discrimination) and high-level vision (object recognition and categorization), including applications in autism, arts, and sports. He is supervising a long-term research program aimed at reintegrating Gestalt psychology into contemporary vision science and neuroscience (see www.gestaltrevision.be) He is chief-editor of Perception, i-Perception and Art & Perception.

• SECTION ONE: GENERAL BACKGROUND; SECTION TWO: GROUPS, PATTERNS, TEXTURES; SECTION THREE: CONTOURS AND SHAPES; SECTION FOUR: FIGURE-GROUND ORGANIZATION; SECTION FIVE: SURFACE AND COLOUR PERCEPTION; SECTION SIX: MOTION AND EVENT PERCEPTION; SECTION SEVEN: PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION AND OTHER MODALITIES; SECTION EIGHT: SPECIAL INTEREST TOPICS; SECTION NINE: APPLICATIONS OF PERCEPTUAL ORGANIZATION; SECTION TEN: THEORETICAL APPROACHES

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