peripheralism

peripheralism
\\-rəˌlizəm\ noun (-s)
: emphasis on sensory motor processes rather than cognitive or other central processes as determinants of behavior

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/peuh rif"euhr euh liz'euhm/, n. Psychol.
the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.
[PERIPHERAL + -ISM]

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  • peripheralism — /peuh rif euhr euh liz euhm/, n. Psychol. the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.… …   Universalium

  • peripheralism — pe·riph·er·al·ism …   English syllables

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