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Cognitive processes

A cognitive process is a mental function involved in acquiring, storing, interpreting, manipulating, transforming, and using knowledge. We process information in two ways. Bottom-up processing is the processing of sensory information. It is data-driven. For example, if I do a blind taste test of a cookie, I simply decide whether I like it. For bottom-up processing, no prior learning is required. Top-down processing...

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