Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neuroreductionism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neu-rore-duc-tion-ism
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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."

Etymology

From neuro- + reductionism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: neuro-

Inflected Forms

neuroreductionisms (plural)

Questions

What does neuroreductionism mean?: A form of reductionism which explains psychological phenomena in terms of neuroscience.
Where does neuroreductionism come from?: From neuro- + reductionism.

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