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concept:metamorphosisMetamorphosis
Radical body transformation during life, with persistence of learned memories despite brain remodeling.
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- Caterpillar memories survive metamorphosis into butterfly.associated_withEmpirical finding from Blackiston et al. 2008, demonstrating memory across radical body change.
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- Memory Through Metamorphosisrelated_to
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