On ‘Gestalt Qualities’

Ehrenfels, Christian von

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“…According to Gestalt psychology, the whole is more than the sum of its parts. Even before Werthei-mer (inspired by illusory motion perception) published his pioneering work in 1912 [ 59 ], the Czech philosopher and psychologist von Ehrenfels had emphasised that many complex phenomena, like melodies and works of architecture, possess Gestalt qualities, the perception of which appears to be independent of conscious recognition of details [ 57 ]. By creating overall impressions of objects or events, the perceptual process reduces the load of information on the conscious mind and working memory [ 20, 36, 45 ].…”

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Spatial orientation during gondola centrifugation with subjects upright versus supine: Evidence for Gestalt psychological mechanisms in vestibular perception

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Eiken

2021

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BACKGROUND: Recent theories suggest that perception of complex self-motion is governed by familiarity of the motion pattern as a whole in 3D. OBJECTIVE: To explore how familiarity determines the perceived angular displacement with respect to the Earth during a simulated coordinated turn in a gondola centrifuge. METHOD: The centrifuge was accelerated to 2G (gondola displacement 60°) within 12.5 s. Using visual indicators in darkness, responses to the gondola displacement were recorded with subjects (n = 10) in two positions: sitting-upright, facing-forward versus lying-supine, feet-forwards. Each subject underwent 2×2 6-minute runs. RESULT: When upright, subjects indicated a tilt of initially 18.8±11.3°, declining with T = 66±37 s. In the supine position (subject’s yaw plane coinciding with the plane of gondola displacement) the indicated displacement was negligible (–0.3±4.8°). CONCLUSION: Since the canal system is most responsive to stimuli in yaw, these findings are difficult to explain by bottom-up models. Rather, the motion pattern during acceleration would be recognized as a familiar or meaningful whole (entering a co-ordinated turn) only when the subject is upright. Presumably, the degree of familiarity is reflected in the subject’s ability to discern and estimate a single stimulus component. Findings are discussed in connection with human factors in aviation and the principles of Gestalt psychology.

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Spatial orientation during gondola centrifugation with subjects upright versus supine: Evidence for Gestalt psychological mechanisms in vestibular perception

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2021

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“…So, Gestalt features of melody would be explored through innovative interactional "experiments" in the production of music. Dating back to the early (pre-Berlin-School) Gestalt theorist, Christian von Ehrenfels, writing in 1890 [Ehrenfels 1937], it had been noted that music has Gestalt properties (or put in terms amenable to the Berlin School: is a Gestalt whole) and that we do not perceive mere concatenations of discrete sounds but hear a specific melody or tune, where parts of the melody are perceived as regions of the whole, pregnant with the melody yet to be heard. Garfinkel seeks to respecify such Gestalten praxeologically.…”

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“…Ainsi, les caractéristiques de la Gestalt de la mélodie seraient explorées par des « expériences » interactionnelles innovantes dans la production de la musique. Depuis les travaux du premier théoricien de la Gestalt (avant l'École de Berlin), Christian von Ehrenfels, écrivant dans les années 1890 [Ehrenfels 1937], on a observé que la musique a des propriétés de Gestalt (ou, en des termes repris à l'École de Berlin, qu'elle est un tout de Gestalt). Nous ne percevons pas de simples concaténations de sons discrets, mais nous entendons une mélodie ou un air spécifique, où les parties de ce qui est entendu sont perçues comme des éléments de la totalité, en attente de la mélodie à venir.…”

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Editorial Introduction: Praxeological Gestalts – Philosophy, Cognitive Science and Sociology Meet Gestalt Psychology

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Zielinska²,

Hardman³

2022

philosophiascientiae

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The idea for the current issue of Philosophia Scientiae emerged from discussions which took place in the Manchester Ethnomethodology Reading Group. This reading group has its origins in Wes Sharrock's weekly discussion groups, which have taken place in Manchester (UK) since the early 1970s. As the global Covid-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, the reading group moved online, facilitated by Phil Hutchinson and Alex Holder. Being an online reading group opened up participation to people beyond Northwest UK and within weeks the group became global, with the membership including participants logging on from Canada,

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“…Gestalt analysis got its start in perceptual psychology (Wolters and Koffka 1936) before being quickly adapted to musical analysis, (Ehrenfels 1937). Tenney and Polansky encoded a gestalt music analysis in a program, and got useful results looking at monophonic flute music.…”

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What Does Bach Have in Common with World 1-1: Automatic Platformer Gestalt Analysis

Pagnutti

2021

AIIDE

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Platformer level generation has often used a beat metaphor to relate to how players interact with level geometry. However, this conceptualization of beats is different from the musical concept of `beat', limiting the utility of theories and tools developed in music analysis for platformer levels. A gameplay gestalt, a pattern of interaction that the player enacts or performs in order to make progress in a game, may fit the beat metaphor. By taking a very similar lens and viewing players playing platformer levels as enacting a series of gameplay gestalts through time, gestalt music analysis (GMA) does fit into the platformer domain. This paper details work on transforming a GMA model to work with the Platformer Experience Dataset (PED), and some promising first results of the transformed model.

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On ‘Gestalt Qualities’

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Spatial orientation during gondola centrifugation with subjects upright versus supine: Evidence for Gestalt psychological mechanisms in vestibular perception

Spatial orientation during gondola centrifugation with subjects upright versus supine: Evidence for Gestalt psychological mechanisms in vestibular perception

Editorial Introduction: Praxeological Gestalts – Philosophy, Cognitive Science and Sociology Meet Gestalt Psychology

What Does Bach Have in Common with World 1-1: Automatic Platformer Gestalt Analysis

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