In psychology, a stimulus or cue that brings a memory back into consciousness.
From Greek 'ek-' (out) and 'phorein' (to carry or bring), literally meaning 'something that carries out.' The term was developed in late 19th-century psychology to describe how external triggers retrieve stored memories.
Your brain is like a library where memories are filed away—but sometimes you need a key to find them! An ecphore is that key: the song that makes you remember your childhood, or the smell of cookies that brings back your grandmother's kitchen. This concept explains why memory isn't just about storing information, but about what unlocks it.
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