Visual Perception 1 / Top-Down Visual Processing

This image is a good representation of both top-down and bottom up visual processing. The face on the right composed of rock is a great example of bottom-up visual processing. We look at the edges, edges of the rocks, edges of trees, and edges of the horse. Afterwards, we see patterns of leaves, rock textures and road texture. At the end, we see horse, man, faces (objects). As for the Top-down visual processing, our eye ball are constantly moving and looking for more faces hidden in the background. Since we know there are faces hidden behind texture and trees, our mind switch to goal directed eye movements, and constantly scanning on the canvas looking for hidden objects.