单词 | mnemon |
释义 | mnemon Psychol.|ˈniːmɒn| [f. Gr. µνήµ-η memory + -on1.] A unit of memory (see quots. 1965, 1966). The coiner of the term appears to be Cherkin (quot. 1966), whose forthcoming paper is mentioned by Young in 1965. Cherkin's paper was communicated to the editor of the Proceedings on 19 November 1965.
1965New Scientist 23 Dec. 861 In the author's [sc. J. Z. Young's] view, memory is localized in small combinations of brain cells, which he calls ‘mnemons’. 1966A. Cherkin in Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. LV. 88 The proposed unit is defined as the minimum physical change in the nervous system that encodes one memory... The name proposed for the unit is the ‘mnemon’ (mneme = memory; -on = suffix denoting a fundamental particle). 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xix. 252 The time to begin accumulating such units of memory (mnemons) would be as soon as they are ready. |

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