neuroreductionism

English

Etymology

neuro- +‎ reductionism

Noun

neuroreductionism (plural neuroreductionisms)

1. (psychology) A form of reductionism which explains psychological phenomena in terms of neuroscience.
   • 1984, Wim A. van de Grind, “Decomposition and Neuro-reduction of Visual Perception”, in Andrea J. van Doorn et al., editors, Limits in Perception: Essays in Honour of Maarten A. Bouman‎^[1], VNU Science Press, page 434:

     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.

   • 1993, Marcus Jacobson, Foundations of Neuroscience‎^[2], Plenum Press, page 101:

     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.

   • 2001, Nicholas J. Wade, Michael T. Swanston, Visual Perception: An Introduction‎^[3], 2nd edition, Psychology Press, page 76:

     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.