English Explanatory Dictionary

triune brain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A discredited model of the brain according to which the reptilian complex, the paleomammalian complex (limbic system), and the neomammalian complex (neocortex) are each independently conscious, as structures sequentially added to the forebrain during the course of evolution.

Word forms

triune brain triune brains
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