Barbara works as an editor at a famous magazine. Her job is to catch typographical errors in the articles submitted by the various writers. In order to do this effectively, she reads the articles backward, going from word for word. This prevents her from automatically reading past words as the sentences flow in her mind. Barbara is trying to avoid being influenced by _________ processing as she reviews the written papers.

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Barbara is trying to avoid top-down processing, which involves using context and prior knowledge to interpret information, by reading the articles backward to focus on individual words rather than the overall meaning.

Barbara Works as an Editor at a Famous Magazine