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All animals show longlasting changes in behaviour as a result of individual experience and this adaptability is one of their most striking features. The changes may be abrupt, radical and permanent. In higher animals it seems reasonable to ascribe their ability to change behaviour to the same physiological process that underlies human behavioural change and memory.
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Gibbs, M.E., Mark, R.F. (1973). Introduction. In: Inhibition of Memory Formation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2061-6_1
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