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Regeneration

Biological process demonstrating morphogenetic memory and goal-directed anatomical problem-solving; salamanders regrow exact organs and stop when correct structure is complete.

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  • Pattern Memory
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    Stored representation of correct anatomical goal, stable yet rewritable by physiological experience; basis for morphospace navigation.
  • Model organism demonstrating regeneration, behavioral memory imprinting on new brains, and rewritable bioelectric pattern memory; key example of basal cognition.

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