Two cartoon animation sequences were presented to subjects to test whether the human visual system prefers to construct the mental representation of movement by transforming already existing forms. The results support the view that the sensory system has developed economical methods for rapidly picking up the structure of any situation and prefers to use revision rather than reconstruction to account for a change in sensory stimulation.
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