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When observing an image like the one below, depicting two diagonal lines crossing, people typically perceive two continuous lines that overlap rather than four independent lines meeting at a central point. Which Gestalt principle best explains this tendency in visual perception?

An illustration shows two lines of diagonal dots that cross in the middle in the general shape of an “X.”

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