Sunday, June 05, 2016

engram

Definition: (noun) A physical alteration thought to occur in living neural tissue in response to stimuli, posited as an explanation for memory.
Synonyms: memory trace.
Usage: The neuroscientist likened engrams in neural tissue to data on the hard drive of a computer.
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