In any case it is not identical with Gestalt psychology.
In Gestalt psychology it is known as identifying a figure from the background.
The popularity of Gestalt psychology in the 1950s added further weight to the discipline.
The watercolor illusion has had much debate over whether it can be described by Gestalt psychology.
Figure-ground perception is one of the main issues in gestalt psychology.
Gestalt psychology also has applications in computer vision for trying to make computers "see" the same things as humans do.
His work is based on Gestalt psychology or gestaltism.
For example gestalt psychology grew out of early experimental psychology.
Swarthmore was the major home of Gestalt psychology at that time in America.
Gestalt psychology is a theory of mind and brain formed in Berlin early in the 20th century.