| Descriptor English: | Perceptual Closure | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Percepción de Cercanía                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Fechamento Perceptivo | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Clôture perceptive | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Closure, Perceptual Closures, Perceptual Completion Phenomena, Perceptual Gestalt Law of Closure Perceptual Closures Perceptual Completion Phenomena Phenomena, Perceptual Completion  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        F02.463.593.932.677 | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010466 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The tendency to perceive an incomplete pattern or object as complete or whole. This includes the Gestalt Law of Closure. | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        PH                                                            physiology | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                Form Perception (1966-1968) Visual Perception (1966-1968)  | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 69 | 
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| Online Note: | use PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE to search GESTALT LAW OF CLOSURE 1969-78 | 
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| History Note: | 69; GESTALT LAW OF CLOSURE was see under PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE 1969-78 | 
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| DeCS ID: | 10658 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D010466 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1969/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2002/10/24 | 
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                                        PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
 
Psychological Phenomena [F02]Psychological Phenomena 
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                        Perceptual Closure                                            
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                        Gestalt Law of Closure                                            
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                | Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0016254 | 
                                
| Scope note | The tendency to perceive an incomplete pattern or object as complete or whole. This includes the Gestalt Law of Closure. | 
| Preferred term | Perceptual Closure | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Closure, Perceptual                                                 Closures, Perceptual Completion Phenomena, Perceptual Perceptual Closures Perceptual Completion Phenomena Phenomena, Perceptual Completion  | 
                                
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0016253 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Gestalt Law of Closure | 
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