top-down processing
Top-down processing refers to the cognitive process in which sensory information is interpreted or understood based on preexisting knowledge, expectations, or higher-level cognitive factors.
Requires login.
Related Concepts (11)
Similar Concepts
- attentional processes
- bottom-up decision-making process
- bottom-up processing
- cognitive processes
- cognitive processing
- information processing
- neural information processing
- perceptual processes
- perceptual processing
- sensory information processing
- sensory processing
- symbolic processing
- top-down cost estimating
- top-down management style
- unconscious processing