Question

Top-down processing involves the ____.​

a. ​brain's ability to integrate several stimuli simultaneously

b. ​brain's use of incoming signals to construct perceptions

c. ​brain tuning into select information

d. ​brain imposing its own structure on incoming information based on previous experience

Answer 1

Answer;

​Brain imposing its own structure on incoming information based on previous experience

Explanation;

• Top-down processing is the perceptual processing which memory and other cognitive processes are required for interpreting incoming sensory info.
• It involves use of knowledge that people have gained from prior experience with stimuli to perceive them. The information processing is guided by our experience and expectations.