noun
- Plural of engram; a hypothetical physical or chemical change in neural tissue that encodes a memory or learned behavior.
Usage: technical; psychology/neuroscience; also spelled 'engrams'
Examples
- Neuroscientists study how engrammes form in the brain during learning.
- The theory suggests that engrammes are the biological basis of memory storage.
- Researchers attempt to locate and map engrammes in animal brains.
- Long-term potentiation may be the mechanism by which engrammes are established.