mnemonn.

Brit.

/ˈniːmɒn/, U.S.

/ˈniˌmɑn/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μνήμη , -on suffix¹.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μνήμη memory (see mneme n.) + -on suffix¹; apparently coined by A. Cherkin (see quot. 1966), whose forthcoming paper is discussed by Young (see quot. 1965²).

Psychology.

The minimum physical change in a brain, or other system, which constitutes the storage of a single piece of information in the memory; a unit of memory.

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mnemon1965

1965 J. Z. Young in New Scientist 23 Dec. 862/1 Each classifying cell and its attendant small cells thus provides a unit of memory or mnemon...capable of storing a single bit of information, namely that the action taken following the occurrence of a particular event produced a result good (or bad) for the organism.

1965 J. Z. Young in New Scientist 23 Dec. 862/3 A somewhat similar concept of a mnemon as ‘the minimal physical change..that encodes one memory’ has been developed by Cherkin in a paper shortly to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Washington.

1966 A. Cherkin in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 55 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’.

1971 J. 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.

1983 Behavioral & Neural Biol. 38 151 (title) The mnemon and its juices: neuromodulation of memory processes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mnemon
释义	mnemonn. Brit. /ˈniːmɒn/, U.S. /ˈniˌmɑn/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μνήμη , -on suffix¹. Etymology: < ancient Greek μνήμη memory (see mneme n.) + -on suffix¹; apparently coined by A. Cherkin (see quot. 1966), whose forthcoming paper is discussed by Young (see quot. 1965²). Psychology. The minimum physical change in a brain, or other system, which constitutes the storage of a single piece of information in the memory; a unit of memory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > conditioning > capacity for retention > [noun] > unit of mnemon1965 1965 J. Z. Young in New Scientist 23 Dec. 862/1 Each classifying cell and its attendant small cells thus provides a unit of memory or mnemon...capable of storing a single bit of information, namely that the action taken following the occurrence of a particular event produced a result good (or bad) for the organism. 1965 J. Z. Young in New Scientist 23 Dec. 862/3 A somewhat similar concept of a mnemon as ‘the minimal physical change..that encodes one memory’ has been developed by Cherkin in a paper shortly to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Washington. 1966 A. Cherkin in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 55 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’. 1971 J. 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. 1983 Behavioral & Neural Biol. 38 151 (title) The mnemon and its juices: neuromodulation of memory processes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1965
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