Which is a correct definition of catastrophic interference in a connectionist model?
A) The limitation on the number of nodes that can be activated simultaneously according to the number of features being processed
B) The elimination or destruction of feature node-category node connections when new information is learned involving those nodes
C) The blocking of a substantial number of nearby feature node-category node connections when other feature node-category node connections are activated
D) The tendency for faulty connections to develop as the number of simultaneously activated feature nodes and category nodes increases

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Catastrophic interference refers to the phenomenon where learning new information can disrupt or erase previously learned information in connectionist models, particularly in neural networks. This happens because the new learning can overwrite the weights and connections that encode the old information.

Which Is a Correct Definition of Catastrophic Interference in a Connectionist