Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing This paper discusses an experiment conducted by Silverstein, Matteson, and Knight (1996) to determine how their cognitive processing may be taking place top-down, meaning that they use acoustic properties and contextual cues, which are top-down factors, and then segregate what is relevant from what is irrelevant communication in an auditory stream, and the consequences of this fact. Pages: 3 Bibliography: 1 source(s) listed Filename: 22149 Top Down Bottom .doc Price: 26.85