During mindfulness meditation, the individual uses bottom-up processing to pay attention to information from the senses, rather than the complicated thoughts and feelings associated with the sensory data.

Bottom-Up Processing During Mindfulness Meditation

When processing starts at the beginning of the system, starting with the environment stimulating receptors (i.e. electrical signals being sent through the brain after light reaches the eye)

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Goldstein, E. B. (2014). Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience. Nelson Education.


Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience

Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020, April 22). Psychology (2nd ed.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction

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Bottom-up processing

When processing starts in the brain, at "the top" of the perceptual system (i.e. incorporating prior knowledge or experience in perception).

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