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secondary sensory area

any of the regions of the cerebral cortex that receive direct projections from the primary sensory area for any sense modality. An example is the secondary somatosensory area. Also called nonprimary sensory area.

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January 31st 2025

centralist psychology

centralist psychology

1. a psychological approach that focuses on behavior as a function of the higher brain centers, as opposed to peripheralist psychology (see peripheralism), which focuses on the effects of the receptors, glands, and muscles on behavior. Centralist psychology is essentially equivalent to centralism.

2. more generally, the idea that mental activity or mind occurs in or is a function of the brain alone.