memory trace
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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
When we make neural connections to a song, we also create a strong memory trace that becomes laden with heightened emotion, thanks partly to a surfeit of pubertal growth hormones.
From Slate • Aug. 12, 2014
He adds: "Testing itself when you get the correct answers appears to produce a more elaborative memory trace connected with your prior knowledge, so you're building on what you know".
From BBC • May 18, 2013
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.
