memory traces
Brain's stored impressions
Memory traces are the physical or biochemical changes in the brain that encode and store experiences—the neural substrates of remembering.
In psychology and neuroscience, the term describes how learning leaves lasting impressions in brain tissue: Researchers studied how memory traces form during sleep.
Also called engrams.
The concept bridges subjective experience and biological mechanism, suggesting memories have material existence even when not being recalled.
- engramsNeural memory substrates
- imprintsMarks made by pressing
- echoesReflected sound waves
- residueMatter left behind
- neural pathwaysBrain's communication routes
synapses · brain cells · encoding · recall · ghostly · fragments · impressions · footprints · scars · etchings · hippocampus · retrieval · flashbacks · déjà vu · haunting · lingering · consolidation · decay
memory tracesforgetting
Failing to retain memories
amnesia · memory loss · erasure · memory erasure · oblivion
memory tracesconscious awareness
State of perceiving oneself
working memory · sensory input · real-time processing · anticipation
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