These psychologists study how the brain organizes gestalt's. By pointing out that the whole may exceed the sum of its parts, they noted that we filter sensory information and construct perceptions. To recognize something we first have to perceive it and distinguish it from its surroundings. We order the stimuli by organizing it into meaningful groups using categories such as, proximity, continuity, and closure. The Necker cube provides evidence that by focusing on different parts of the figure, one can force a more stable perception of the cube demonstrating the figure ground principle of consistent interpretation.
