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Engram vs Restimulate - What's the difference?

engram | restimulate |

In scientology terms the difference between engram and restimulate

is that engram is a painful, negative mental image representing a past event while restimulate is to unlock a previously lost memory (engram) from the past.

As a noun engram

is a postulated physical or biochemical change in neural tissue that represents a memory.

As a proper noun Engram

is {{surname|from=given names}}, a rare variant of Ingram.

As a verb restimulate is

to stimulate again.

engram

English

Alternative forms

* engramme

Noun

(en noun)
  • A postulated physical or biochemical change in neural tissue that represents a memory.
  • (Scientology) A painful, negative mental image representing a past event.

    • Anagrams

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    restimulate

    English

    Verb

  • To stimulate again.
  • (Scientology) To unlock a previously lost memory (engram) from the past.
    • Before entering the clear, L. Ron Hubbard taught that one must restimulate one's memories of former lives.

    Derived terms

    * restimulation