Sheena Josselyn

Sheena Josselyn

Sheena Josselyn is a neuroscientist and co-author of the 2020 review of memory engrams.

Who they are

Sheena Josselyn is a neuroscientist and co-author of the 2020 review of memory engrams. On this site the name is tied to Engram.

Key papers

Josselyn, S. A., & Tonegawa, S. (2020). Memory engrams: Recalling the past and imagining the future. Science, 367(6473), eaaw4325.

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. Josselyn, S. A., & Tonegawa, S. (2020). Memory engrams: Recalling the past and imagining the future. Science, 367(6473), eaaw4325.