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This research shows that the principle of good continuation can predict forced-choice de-tection of an element imbedded in a briefly presented visual array. The present experiments show the configurational effect in a manner that is difficult for feature-analytic theories to explain. The research adds good continuation to good form as Gestalt-like organizational principles affecting detection performance, and it shows the necessity for including organiza-tional principles in a theory of visual detection.
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This research was supported by National Science Foundation Grant BMS 75-20328.
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Prinzmetal, W., Banks, W.P. Good continuation affects visual detection. Perception & Psychophysics 21, 389–395 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03199491
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