top-down control hypothesis

C42851
concept

The top-down control hypothesis proposes that higher-level cognitive processes, such as attention and expectations, actively shape and regulate lower-level sensory and motor systems to guide perception and behavior.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
top-down control hypothesis canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: top-down control hypothesis
Generated description
The top-down control hypothesis proposes that higher-level cognitive processes, such as attention and expectations, actively shape and regulate lower-level sensory and motor systems to guide perception and behavior.

Instances (1)

Instance Via concept surface
Hairston–Smith–Slobodkin hypothesis