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A Japanese boy noticed his butterflies seemed to recognize him. He spent two years making an experiment and proved that metamorphosis does not remove memories made during the caterpillar stage. (lemmy.nz)
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[-] workerONE@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's not mentioned in the post. He didn't plan it as part of his original experiment. After his experiment was a success he noticed that his family all had migraines. He decided to try to test if memories could be inherited. It was a separate test the following year with new caterpillars.

Edit: typo

[-] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

What was the original experiment again?

[-] workerONE@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Testing weather caterpillars retain memory when they metamorphicize into butterflies

[-] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Oh, its in the title... My mind automatically translated it to the second experiment cause thats the most interesting one. Why would the post not mention it?

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