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connectionism

[ kuh-nek-shuh-niz-uhm ]

noun

, Psychology.
  1. the theory that all mental processes can be described as the operation of inherited or acquired bonds between stimulus and response.

connectionism

/ kəˈnɛkʃənɪzəm /

noun

  1. psychol the theory that the connections between brain cells mediate thought and govern behaviour

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