Continuity is a powerful source of perceptual organization.
Continuity, as we have seen helps develop the best figure possible. Here is another example where continuity, or line of direction helps to bind separate units into a cohesive whole.
Please view the graphic version here, the picture in the left column.
In the next example, however, the quality of Continuity is even more compelling in its power to structure our image.
In this figure the drive for continuity is so strong that we see something that is not there! Look at the figure, and then answer the multiple choice question.
Please view the graphic version here, the picture in the right column.
This is a figure of...
- A. A spiral
- B. A circle
- C. Concentric Circles
- D. Concatenated Circles
- E. None of the above.