Thor is a computer technician who finds he can tell if a computer's hard drive is moving out of alignment just by listening to the sound the computer makes. Thor's ability to identify problems in this way illustrates:

a. top-down processing
b. sound localization
c. bottom-up processing
d. opponent processing


A

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