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Some studies have been done with memory transfer in lower organisms with the planaria. In research of this type, the animals of one group are usually trained to specific stimuli, killed, and then fed to other animals of the same species on which testing for memory transfer will occur. The following research consists of an investigation of memory transfer within the same organism as it itself passes, through metamorphosis, from one form to another. It was found that memory transfer does occur and might be explained as a result of internal rather than external factors.
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Peretti, P.O., Wakeley, H.G. Memory transfer in meal-worms. Psychon Sci 15, 33–34 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336182
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