Concept information
Preferred term
exogram
Definition
- Knowledge or memories stored outside the brain in a material format, using a wide range of technological tools.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- external memory
- external memory record
- external symbol system
Scope note
- The term “exogram” was coined by Donald (1991) as a counterpart to the term “engram”, which refers to memories and knowledge stored in the brain.
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Bednarik, R. G. (2022). About the origins of the human ability to create constructs of reality. Axiomathes, 32(6), 1505–1524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-021-09537-8
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• Access: closed
- • Donald, M. (1991). Origins of the modern mind: Three stages in the evolution of culture and cognition. Harvard University Press.
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Michaelian, K. (2012). Is external memory memory? Biological memory and extended mind. Consciousness and Cognition, 21(3), 1154–1165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2012.04.008
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Sutton, J. (1998). Philosophy and memory traces: Descartes to connectionism. Cambridge University Press.
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Sutton, J. (2009). The feel of the world: Exograms, habits, and the confusion of types of memory. In A. Kania (Ed.), Memento (pp. 65–86). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203876596
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
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mémoire externe
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souvenir externe
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système de mémoire externe
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système de symboles externe
URI
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