When people look at a tree, they receive information about the geons of that objects through stimulation of receptors. but they are also aided in identifying the object as a tree by knowledge that a tree often has the sky as a background and sits on grass. this prior knowledge travels down from higher centers to influence the incoming signals. the latter information from the higher centers illustrates

a. feedback signals.
b. principles of componential recovery.
c. the law of good figure.
d. the oblique effect.


Answer: a. feedback signals.

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