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canalization

canalization Canalization is the path-making in the nervous system that develops when activity repeatedly travels in the same direction, making that route more established.

Canalization is the path-making in the nervous system that develops when activity repeatedly travels in the same direction, making that route more established. In this historical usage, it refers to an anatomical basis for a tendency of nervous elements to function in a particular way.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Disposition (nervous)” (Disposition (nervous)).
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