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- adjective Of or pertaining to an
engram
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Animal, when an organism has passed into an indifferent state after the reaction to a stimulus has ceased, its irritable substance has suffered a lasting change: I call this after-action of the stimulus its 'imprint' or 'engraphic' action, since it penetrates and imprints itself in the organic substance; and I term the change so effected an
Unconscious Memory Samuel Butler 1868
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"engraphic effect" of a stimulus as the effect in making a difference between the primary and secondary indifference-states, and this difference itself we define as the "engram" due to the stimulus.
The Analysis of Mind Bertrand Russell 1921
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He says: "The effect of a stimulus on living substance continues after the stimulation, it has an engraphic effect.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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