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Preferred term

principle of mass action  

Definition

  • Principle defined by Lashley (1929) wherein the memory deficits of rats in a maze depend on the extent of the removed cortex and not the location of the lesion.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Lashley, S, K. (1929). Brain Mechanisms and Intelligence: A Quantitative Study of Injuries to the Brain (Vol. xi). University of Chicago Press.

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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