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Flatworms can learn a maze by consuming the bodies of trained flatworms

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Early historical studies on planaria suggest that naive flatworms can acquire training characteristics by consuming the bodies of previously conditioned flatworms.

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Planaria: Memory Transfer through Cannibalism Reexamined

1964 · cited by 46

Demonstrates that planaria cannibalizing trained donors require fewer trials in subsequent conditioning.

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Establishment of a Classically Conditioned Response and Transfer of Training via Cannibalism in Planaria

1967 · cited by 2

Shows that a conditioned response can be successfully transferred via cannibalism in planaria.

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