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Unit 3 – Sensation and Perception
Topic 3.4
What is the role of top-down processing in visual perception?
It uses our experiences and expectations to interpret sensory information.
It decodes information from basic features to a complete structure.
It analyzes each component separately before integrating them into whole perceptual experience.
It depends solely on physical characteristics of stimuli.
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