Episode 32: From the Bottom to the Top and Back Again

Cognitive Gamer
Cognitive Gamer
Episode 32: From the Bottom to the Top and Back Again
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When processing information, humans use both the information coming through our senses and previously stored knowledge. This is referred to as bottom-up versus top-down processing. This podcast explores how this occurs when we play games.

Game References

Paranormal Detective

Research References

Cattell, J. M. (1886). The time it takes to see and name objects. Mind, 41, 63–65.

McCelland, J. & Rumelhart, D. (1981). An interactive activation model of context effects in letter perception: part 1. An account of basic findings. Psychological Review 88(5), 375–407.

Dogs that look like fried chicken

Blind Spot Demo