# Gestalt principles

Rules by which people see elements as groups (proximity, similarity, common fate, good continuation, closure, symmetry, parallelism).

**Source:** “we review the principles of grouping, both classical” [Article PMC3482144 (PubMed Central)](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3482144/)

See also: [Proximity](/reference/glossary/proximity), [Common region](/reference/glossary/common-region).

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