The Legacy of Gestalt Psychology Author(s): Irvin Rock and Stephen Palmer Source: Scientific American , Vol. 263, No. 6 (DECEMBER 1990), pp. 84-91 Published by: Scientific American, a division of Nature America, Inc. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/24997014 JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms Scientific American, a division of Nature America, Inc. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Scientific American This content downloaded from 149.31.128.226 on Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:18:23 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms