Axiomempiricalv1
The strength of association between a stimulus and response
The strength of association between a stimulus and response decreases as the temporal gap between them increases.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is an empirical claim about temporal contiguity in learning, grounded in classical and operant conditioning research (Thorndike, Gallistel & Gibbon). It is falsifiable, research-backed, and cannot be derived from other axioms—it describes how the nervous system actually works.