Richard Semon

Richard Semon

Richard Semon is a zoologist who proposed in 1904 that experience leaves a lasting change in cells and that reactivating them later drives recall.

Who they are

Richard Semon is a zoologist who proposed in 1904 that experience leaves a lasting change in cells and that reactivating them later drives recall. On this site the name is tied to Engram.

Key papers

Semon, R. (1904). Die Mneme als erhaltendes Prinzip im Wechsel des organischen Geschehens. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.

Key ideas

Engram: The lasting physical change an experience leaves in a specific group of brain cells, whose reactivation brings the memory back.

Sources

  1. Semon, R. (1904). Die Mneme als erhaltendes Prinzip im Wechsel des organischen Geschehens. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.