In this work we demonstrate that next to the figure-ground segregation and the perceptual grouping, as proposed by Gestalt psychologists, there is a further and more complex kind of organization related to the way how object attributes like space, shape and color are organized to create a visual object within a surrounding space. In particular, we explored (a) the complexity of phenomenal coloration and (b) structural relations between space, shape, and color. We were able to extract some core principles underlying the organization of space, shape, and color. The experiments were conducted using a new experimental paradigm based on drawings and paintings made spontaneously by children of different ages in a drawing/painting task. Through this paradigm, it was assumed that the way children organize space, shape and color in their drawings and paintings is related to the way the visual system perceives its structural patterns and syntactic relations. The results indicate that, under the conditions studied, space, shape and color are organized as juxtaposed and in sequential order where space is hierarchically the core reference for shape, whereas shape is the core reference for color. The results of our work have implications not only for visual and linguistic processing but also for art and biology.

The principles and the syntax organization of space, shape, and color in vision. Book of abstracts / Deiana, Katia; Raita, L; Pinna, B; Skilters, J.. - (2014). (Intervento presentato al convegno 10th International Symposium of Cognition, logic and Communication. Perspectives on Spatial Cognition tenutosi a Lettonia, Riga nel 12\13 Settembre 2014).

The principles and the syntax organization of space, shape, and color in vision. Book of abstracts

DEIANA, Katia;Pinna B;
2014-01-01

Abstract

In this work we demonstrate that next to the figure-ground segregation and the perceptual grouping, as proposed by Gestalt psychologists, there is a further and more complex kind of organization related to the way how object attributes like space, shape and color are organized to create a visual object within a surrounding space. In particular, we explored (a) the complexity of phenomenal coloration and (b) structural relations between space, shape, and color. We were able to extract some core principles underlying the organization of space, shape, and color. The experiments were conducted using a new experimental paradigm based on drawings and paintings made spontaneously by children of different ages in a drawing/painting task. Through this paradigm, it was assumed that the way children organize space, shape and color in their drawings and paintings is related to the way the visual system perceives its structural patterns and syntactic relations. The results indicate that, under the conditions studied, space, shape and color are organized as juxtaposed and in sequential order where space is hierarchically the core reference for shape, whereas shape is the core reference for color. The results of our work have implications not only for visual and linguistic processing but also for art and biology.
2014
The principles and the syntax organization of space, shape, and color in vision. Book of abstracts / Deiana, Katia; Raita, L; Pinna, B; Skilters, J.. - (2014). (Intervento presentato al convegno 10th International Symposium of Cognition, logic and Communication. Perspectives on Spatial Cognition tenutosi a Lettonia, Riga nel 12\13 Settembre 2014).
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