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Form Perception
Form perception is an aspect of Gestalt psychology that demonstrates the cognitive process of distinguishing a figure from its background. An important factor of visual perception is how people interpret the stimuli around them as objects and backgrounds. Gestalt psychologists disagreed with the idea that objects are recognizable as individual parts, believing instead that objects are seen as a whole. Although form perception is an important cognitive process, it happens quick enough and fast enough that most do not recognize when it happens.

Galotti, Kathleen M. Cognitive Psychology: in and out of the Laboratory. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2008. Print.