Meaning & use
neurogram
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A recorded trace of electrical activity in a nerve, or, in psychology, a hypothetical physical trace of a memory in the brain.
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Researchers analyzed the neurogram to measure how quickly the signal traveled along the nerve fiber.
Some early psychologists theorized that every experience leaves a neurogram somewhere in the brain's neural tissue.
A note on using this word
Used in two distinct technical fields: electrophysiology, where it refers to a recorded nerve signal, and psychology, where it overlaps with the concept of an "engram" or memory trace.
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