Psychiatry and Psychology

Perceptual Closure

The tendency to perceive an incomplete pattern or object as complete or whole. This includes the Gestalt Law of Closure.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The tendency to perceive an incomplete pattern or object as complete or whole. This includes the Gestalt Law of Closure.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Perceptual Completion Phenomena
  • Closure, Perceptual
  • Closures, Perceptual
  • Completion Phenomena, Perceptual
  • Perceptual Closures
  • Phenomena, Perceptual Completion
  • Gestalt Law of Closure

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Aspects Covered

1 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings physiology.

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History Note

69; GESTALT LAW OF CLOSURE was see under PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE 1969-78

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Previous Indexing

  • Form Perception (1966-1968)
  • Visual Perception (1966-1968)

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Tree Number

  1. F02w.463w.593w.932w.677

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Perceptual Closure. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010466. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010466
  2. Perceptual Closure. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69940868