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Perceptual Closure
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Definition
: The tendency to perceive an incomplete pattern or object as complete or whole. This includes the Gestalt Law of Closure.
Other names
Perceptual Completion Phenomena; Gestalt Law of Closure; Phenomena, Perceptual Completion; Perceptual Closures; Completion Phenomena, Perceptual; Closures, Perceptual; Closure, Perceptual