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Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out

Wired ↗ · 2026-10-31 Cached

Scientists are attempting to replicate James McConnell's infamous 1960s claim that planarian worms can transfer memories through cannibalism, but 60 years later the worms have stopped learning and nobody knows why.

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Aging Brains Blend Memories Together Instead of Just Forgetting Them

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-02 Cached

A study published in Cerebral Cortex finds that aging brains blend memories together rather than simply forgetting them, as older adults show broader, less precise recall patterns linked to hippocampal activity during memory tasks.

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