An experimental examination of a hypothesis connecting visual pattern recognition and apparent motion

The validity of a hypothesis connecting the existence of a certain visual apparent-motion effect and the capacity of the visual system to recognize, in a special way, objects that have undergone certain transformations is subjected to experimental test. The objects under consideration are random-dot patterns and the transformations under consideration are rigid motions of the plane. For the two subjects examined, the hypothesis is verified, with confidence coefficient 90 %, in 278 cases out of 279