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finding:memories-formed-during-caterpillar-life-are-retained-through-metamorphosis-into-butterfly-despite-complete-brain-and-body-remodeling-blackiston-shomrat-levin-2015Memories formed during caterpillar life are retained through metamorphosis into butterfly despite complete brain and body remodeling (Blackiston, Shomrat & Levin 2015)
Key biological finding supporting the claim that identity can persist through radical physical transformation
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- Douglas BlackistonauthoredCollaborator cited for work on tadpole eye transplantation, memory in metamorphosis, and xenobots.
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- Core biological claim about the plasticity of self-models, grounding the broader philosophical argument about identity and change
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- The phenomenon that memories persist through radical brain and body remodeling, e.g., in caterpillars becoming butterflies.
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- Empirical finding from Blackiston et al. 2008, demonstrating memory across radical body change.
- Insect larvae retain memories through complete brain remodeling during metamorphosis to adult form.finding0.887Shows that identity and cognitive continuity persist despite radical neural substrate change.
- Empirical example where memories remain despite drastic refactoring of brain tissue and body; demonstrates need for creative reinterpretation rather than passive storage.
- Empirical demonstration that memories persist through massive brain and body remodeling during metamorphosis, challenging notions of stable Self-substrate binding.
- Caterpillars that learn a behavior retain it as adults despite brain being drastically remodelled, showing memory mapping across substrates.
- Proposed mechanism explaining behavioral continuity in insects undergoing radical morphogenesis.
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