Top-down processing can lead to perceptual errors because ____
a. ?the part of the brain involved in this type of processing does not operate at the highest level of logical thought
b. ?our expectations can strongly influence what we perceive
c. ?it is based on concrete thinking rather than abstract thinking
d. ?there is typically no background information to support such processing
ANSWER:
b
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