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disposition > cognition > memory > engram

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engram  

Definition(s)

  • "The engram may be defined as that entity that reflects the neural substrate of stored information resulting from past experience and bestowing upon organisms the ability to express memory in their behavior." (Josselyn et al., 2017, p. 4647).

Broader concept(s)

Narrower concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • memory engram
  • memory trace
  • mneme
  • mnemonic trace
  • mnesic trace
  • neurogram

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Brodt, S., & Gais, S. (2021). Memory engrams in the neocortex. The Neuroscientist, 27(4), 427–444. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073858420941528

    [Study type: literature review / Access: free]
  • • Dudai, Y. (2004). The neurobiology of consolidations, or, how stable is the engram? Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 51-86. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.142050

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  • • Gerber, B., Tanimoto, H., & Heisenberg, M. (2004). An engram found? Evaluating the evidence from fruit flies. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 14(6), 737–744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2004.10.014

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  • • Han, J.-H., Kushner, S. A., Yiu, A. P., Hsiang, H.-L., Buch, T., Waisman, A., Bontempi, B., Neve, R. L., Frankland, P. W., & Josselyn, S. A. (2009). Selective erasure of a fear memory. Science, 323(5920), 1492–1496. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1164139

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  • • Josselyn, S. A., Köhler, S., & Frankland, P. W. (2015). Finding the engram. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 16(9), 521–534. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn4000

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  • • Josselyn, S. A., Köhler, S., & Frankland, P. W. (2017). Heroes of the engram. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(18), 4647–4657. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0056-17.2017

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  • • Josselyn, S. A., & Tonegawa, S. (2020). Memory engrams : Recalling the past and imagining the future. Science, 367(6473), eaaw4325. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw4325

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  • • Lashley, K.S. (1950). In search of the engram. Society of Experimental Biology, Symposium No. 4: Physiological mechanisms in animal behaviour (pp. 454 -482). Cambridge University Press.

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  • • Lopez, M. R., Wasberg, S. M. H., Gagliardi, C. M., Normandin, M. E., & Muzzio, I. A. (2024). Mystery of the memory engram: History, current knowledge, and unanswered questions. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105574

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  • • Miry, O., Li, J., & Chen, L. (2021). The quest for the hippocampal memory engram: From theories to experimental evidence. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 14. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.632019

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  • • Najenson, J. (2021). What have we learned about the engram? Synthese, 199(3), 9581–9601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03216-2

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  • • Poo, M., Pignatelli, M., Ryan, T. J., Tonegawa, S., Bonhoeffer, T., Martin, K. C., Rudenko, A., Tsai, L.-H., Tsien, R. W., Fishell, G., Mullins, C., Gonçalves, J. T., Shtrahman, M., Johnston, S. T., Gage, F. H., Dan, Y., Long, J., Buzsáki, G., & Stevens, C. (2016). What is memory? The present state of the engram. BMC Biology, 14(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-016-0261-6

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  • • Robins, S. K. (2017). Memory traces. In S. Bernecker & K. Michaelian (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of philosophy of memory (pp. 76–87). Routledge.

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  • • Robins, S. K. (2020). Stable engrams and neural dynamics. Philosophy of Science, 87(5), 1130–1139. https://doi.org/10.1086/710624

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  • • Schacter, D. L., Eich, J. E., & Tulving, E. (1978). Richard Semon’s theory of memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 17(6), 721–743. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5371(78)90443-7

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  • • Semon, R. (1904/1921). The Mneme. London: George Allen & Unwin.

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  • • Semon, R. (1909/1923). Mnemic Psychology. London: George Allen & Unwin.

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Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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  • engramme

    French

  • empreinte mnésique
  • mnème
  • neurogramme
  • trace mnésique

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