{"title":"Eye-Tracking Study on Viewer Compliance with the Gestalt Closure Principle: Analyzing the Impact of Gap Size and the Golden Ratio","authors":"Xinran Hu","doi":"10.1162/leon_a_02468","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Gestalt principle of closure refers to our brain filling in missing information to perceive objects as complete, even partially hidden. Designers leverage this principle to imply shapes without explicitly showing them. However, evaluating viewer responses poses challenges. A comprehensive eye-tracking experiment was conducted to determine when viewers mentally complete a gap in a circle and explore the potential influence of the golden ratio on the closure principle. The golden ratio, approximately 1.618, is associated with visual harmony and is used in art and design for pleasing proportions. Findings showed that viewers tend to mentally close gaps up to 135 degrees but avoid closure beyond 150 degrees. This suggests the golden ratio's relevance in applying the closure principle to design.","PeriodicalId":46524,"journal":{"name":"LEONARDO","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"LEONARDO","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_02468","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ART","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract The Gestalt principle of closure refers to our brain filling in missing information to perceive objects as complete, even partially hidden. Designers leverage this principle to imply shapes without explicitly showing them. However, evaluating viewer responses poses challenges. A comprehensive eye-tracking experiment was conducted to determine when viewers mentally complete a gap in a circle and explore the potential influence of the golden ratio on the closure principle. The golden ratio, approximately 1.618, is associated with visual harmony and is used in art and design for pleasing proportions. Findings showed that viewers tend to mentally close gaps up to 135 degrees but avoid closure beyond 150 degrees. This suggests the golden ratio's relevance in applying the closure principle to design.
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Leonardo was founded in 1968 in Paris by kinetic artist and astronautical pioneer Frank Malina. Malina saw the need for a journal that would serve as an international channel of communication between artists, with emphasis on the writings of artists who use science and developing technologies in their work. Today, Leonardo is the leading journal for readers interested in the application of contemporary science and technology to the arts.
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