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noun Psychology.

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Origin of memory trace

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby memory trace

memory engram, memory lane, memory mapping, memory span, Memory Stick, memory trace, memory verse, Memphian, Memphis, Memphite, Memphremagog

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And there is definitely something to finding solace in food, familiarity, and memory.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Throughout all the stories of loss and pain with the Chief, there was barely a trace of emotion.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That idea is often invoked in regards to the tricks memory plays, but I wonder how it might come into play in other ways.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The folk memory of medieval community life had been wiped out by the industrial revolution.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He has become the most radical pope in modern memory for his economic populism.
How Pope Francis Became the World’s BFF|Jason Berry|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
In chronic interstitial nephritis it is small—frequently no more than a trace.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
So intelligent were her methods that she doubtless had great influence in making the memory of his art enduring.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
However great the power of Revival, there is no memory unless there was a First Impression.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
First Impressions are usually vivid but the power to revive them is weak—a poor memory.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

British Dictionary definitions for memory trace

memory trace

noun

psychol the hypothetical structural alteration in brain cells following learningSee also engram

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Medical definitions for memory trace

memory trace

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An engram.

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