[DSRP Evidence](https://dsrpevidence.org/)

# Complete the Whole

## Details

**Reported in** Systems Organize Information in Mind and Nature (S)

**Authors** Cabrera D, Cabrera L, Cabrera E

**Year** 2022

**Publisher** Systems 10(2):44

[Read it at the publisher](https://doi.org/10.3390/systems10020044) 
10.3390/systems10020044

## In authors' words

### Who or what was studied (sample)

N = 395

### How they did it (methods)

Complete a visual pattern in a way that requires constructing a grouping never asked for.

### What they found (results)

88.86% (351/395) chose the completing shape.

## Commentary

### Response

Part-whole structuring operates below awareness.

Shows the structure is there

## Questions it bears on

- Q3. [Does this organization (O) exist in the mind, and in what minds produce?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/completeness-mind)
- Q19. [What is emergence (E)?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/emergence)

**How to cite this** Cabrera D, Cabrera L, Cabrera E (2022). Complete the Whole. Systems 10(2):44.