memory trace
Brain's stored impression
A memory trace is the physical or biochemical change in the brain that represents a stored memory—the neurological imprint left by an experience.
Also called an engram.
The concept bridges psychology and neuroscience, positing that memories aren't abstract but have material form: Researchers searched for the memory trace of fear conditioning in the amygdala.
- engramStored neural record
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- residueMatter left behind
- echoReflected sound wave
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
recall · hippocampus · synaptic · fading · retrieval · encoding · ghostly · fragment · impression · neural · neural pathway · pathway · storage · consolidation · vivid · fleeting · buried · repressed
memory tracememory erasure
Eliminating stored recollections
forgetting · amnesia · memory loss · memory wipe · extinction
memory tracelived experience
Knowledge from personal participation
direct experience · present moment · sensory input · sensory experience · qualia
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