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Re:Decapitated Worms Regrow Heads, Keep Old Memories by pishpash on Saturday January 13, 2018 @03:53PM (#16141343)
"Then the team showed the worms with the regrown heads where to find food, essentially a refresher course of their light training before decapitation."

Uh...

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Re:Decapitated Worms Regrow Heads, Keep Old Memories by falsprofet on Saturday January 13, 2018 @08:51PM (#16142408)
Could be the regenerated heads learn faster because they are fresh, just like after a good night of sleep.
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Re:Decapitated Worms Regrow Heads, Keep Old Memories by dnautics on Sunday January 14, 2018 @12:19AM (#16142931)
there's a good null control for that experiment which i presume they did.
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