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top-down and bottom-up processing  

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  • Top-down and bottom-up processing refers to the integration of information from one's own cognitive system (top-down) and from the world (bottom-up) to facilitate perception. Imagine that you are preparing for a dinner party, and that you have put a homemade pie in the oven. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing]

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