engrams
Neural memory imprints
Engrams are the hypothetical physical traces that memories leave in the brain—the neural changes that encode and store experience.
The term appears in neuroscience and psychology to describe how learning modifies brain tissue: Researchers mapped the engrams associated with fear conditioning.
In Scientology, engrams take on a different meaning: painful memories stored in the unconscious mind that supposedly cause psychological harm until cleared through auditing.
Spirit-improvement belief system
Gaining knowledge gradually
- associationGroup with shared aim
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- retrievalAct of getting back
recollection · recognition · pattern · imprint · schema · knowledge · experience · perception
Nerve signal crossing point
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- neuroplasticityBrain's self-rewiring ability
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
dendrite · cortex · neural pathway · consolidation · memory trace · protein synthesis · potentiation · brain
Neural encoding of experience
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- recallMemory retrieval act
- retrievalAct of getting back
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
flashbacks · consolidation · reconsolidation · encoding · procedural memory · episodic · autobiographical · forgetting
Scientology
Spirit-improvement belief system
learning
Gaining knowledge gradually
- associationGroup with shared aim
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- storageSpace for keeping goods
retrieval · recollection · recognition · pattern · imprint · schema · knowledge · experience · perception · awareness
synapse
Nerve signal crossing point
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- hippocampusMemory formation region
- neuroplasticityBrain's self-rewiring ability
axon · dendrite · cortex · neural pathway · consolidation · memory trace · protein synthesis · potentiation · brain · amygdala
memory trace
Neural encoding of experience
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- recallMemory retrieval act
- retrievalAct of getting back
amnesia · flashbacks · consolidation · reconsolidation · encoding · procedural memory · episodic · autobiographical · forgetting · retention
engramsforgetting
Failing to retain memories
erasure · amnesia · memory loss · memory erasure · memory decay
engramsmemories
Stored past experiences
recollections · qualia · remembrances · subjective experience
engramsmemory erasure
Eliminating stored recollections
neurodegeneration · ablation · tabula rasa · blank slate · memory wipe