Gestaltzerfall (German for "shape decomposition" or Gestalt decomposition) is a type of visual agnosia and is a psychological phenomenon where delays in recognition are observed when a complex shape is stared at for a while as the shape seems to decompose into its constituent parts. In plain terms, if a subject reads or hears the same term over and over, that term ceases to have any meaning.
Gestaltzerfall (German for "shape decomposition" or Gestalt decomposition) is a type of visual agnosia and is a psychological phenomenon where delays in recognition are observed when a complex shape is stared at for a while as the shape seems to decompose into its constituent parts. In plain terms, if a subject reads or hears the same term over and over, that term ceases to have any meaning.
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