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amodal completion: a standalone construct

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Perception

perception of a partly hidden object as whole, with the occluded parts filled in even though they are not seen.

In perception, amodal completion refers to perception of a partly hidden object as whole, with the occluded parts filled in even though they are not seen. This meaning comes from Sekuler (1992) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.[1]

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References

Sekuler, A. B., & Palmer, S. E. (1992). Perception of partly occluded objects: A microgenetic analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 121(1), 95-111. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.121.1.95

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