Neuroreductionism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Neuroreductionism is a noun meaning (psychology) A form of reductionism which explains psychological phenomena in terms of neuroscience.
Meaning
(psychology) A form of reductionism which explains psychological phenomena in terms of neuroscience.
Example Sentences
It is the central dogma of one careful type of neuroreductionism that such a reduction will eventually be possible for all psychological concepts and theories.
Neuroreductionism is a methodology aimed at explanation of complex nervous systems by analysis of relations between levels of organization, and explanation of each level of organization in terms of simpler constituents.
Neurophysiologists failed to find any evidence for such fields of electrical activity in the brain, and so tended to dismiss Gestalt theory in general rather than Köhler's unsuccessful attempt at neuroreductionism in particular.
Word Forms
- neuroreductionisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reductionism, neurophysiology, neurophilosophy, neurobiologism, neurobiology, nonreductionism.
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