#bottom-up processing

[neurodivergent-hellscape]

autism spectrum disorder.

its ongoing reclassification into subtypes and overlaps with neurodivergence.

characteristic differences; divergence of processing.

neuronal connective differences present in neurodivergent folk.

the inverted, bottom-up over top-down processing evident in autistic folk.

being more aware of each stimulus across all sensory modalities than you can be aware of the overarching cognitive systems which are supposed to filter and explain to guide perception. a focus on over-perceiving the raw sensory data.

divergent thinking and thinking more on these individual factors than on the system at large. the Woods from the Trees.

[memoriesfromthefuture]

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Why Do We See Optical Illusions?

Why Do We See Optical Illusions?

The human visual system is a remarkably complicated thing, although in spite of or perhaps because of its complexity, it is capable of making some pretty major mistakes. This fallibility is playfully exposed by optical illusions, which are often very simple in design yet completely deceptive to our brains, causing us to see things that arent there. According to a new study in the Journal of…

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