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K. FeaselFinding Ghosts in Your Datahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8870-2_2

2. Humans Are Pattern Matchers

Kevin Feasel1  
(1)
DURHAM, NC, USA
 

In the prior chapter, we learned about outliers, noise, and anomalies. We also made use of humans’ intuitive ability to detect anomalies. In this chapter, we will learn more about how humans interpret and process information. In particular, we will focus on the findings of the Gestalt school of psychology.

A Primer on the Gestalt School

In the year 1912, Max Wertheimer wrote a paper entitled Experimentelle Studien über das Sehen von Bewegung (translated, “Experimental studies on the seeing of motion”). In this paper, ...

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