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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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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