Figure-ground organization is ______.
A. the perceptual process by which figures become background and background ground becomes figure
B. the experience viewers have as to which part of image is in front and which part of an image is in the background
C. the organization of objects into discrete groups that are grounded in reality
D. the process by which the brain eliminates the background of an image
Answer: B
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a. Mesmer b. Esdaile c. Braid d. Elliotson
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a. tactile agnosia b. haptics c. nociception d. gestation
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