When we draw on our knowledge, experiences, expectations, and other cognitive processes to arrive at meaningful perceptions, we are using:

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Top-down processing involves using prior knowledge, expectations, and other higher-level cognitive processes to make sense of incoming sensory information. This is contrasted with bottom-up processing, which involves starting with the raw sensory input and building up to a perception. Proprioception is the sense of one's own bodily movement and position, and accommodation refers to the ability of the eye to change its focus from distant to near objects. Neither of these processes are directly related to the use of cognitive processes to arrive at meaningful perceptions.

When We Draw on Our Knowledge, Experiences, Expectations, and Other