Bottom- up processing is also known as data-driven processing, as this theory believes that it begins with the stimulus itself. Implying that processing is carried to the retina then directly to the visual cortex. Top- down processing is the use of contextual information in pattern recognition- ‘the big picture’ where by images or words provide a context to prompt an understanding to the visual information. In most psychologists argue that in most cases perception uses both processes as they argue with the use of both it allows us to organise the information given to us and make sense of
Bottom- up processing is also known as data-driven processing, as this theory believes that it begins with the stimulus itself. Implying that processing is carried to the retina then directly to the visual cortex. Top- down processing is the use of contextual information in pattern recognition- ‘the big picture’ where by images or words provide a context to prompt an understanding to the visual information. In most psychologists argue that in most cases perception uses both processes as they argue with the use of both it allows us to organise the information given to us and make sense of