memory trace
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"Your brain stores a memory trace for different configurations of the cube, and it can run through different configurations to predict which will have the best outcome."
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024
Once this fact is appreciated, then proper testing protocols can be put in place to minimize the likelihood that the original memory trace is contaminated.
From Scientific American • Jun. 13, 2017
The movement and tactile response involved in handwriting leaves a memory trace in the sensorimotor part of the brain, which are retrieved when reading the letters involved.
From Economist • Sep. 8, 2016
Taking action in response to information, in addition to simply seeing or hearing it, creates a richer memory trace and supplies alternative avenues for recalling the memory later on.
From Slate • Jul. 10, 2014
To conceive of memory materially at all one must admit some sort of memory trace as the basis for the persistence of memory.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.
