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IN the case of the amphipod sandhopper Talorchestia quoyana (Milne-Edwards) it seems from some experiments that diurnal changes in light stimuli act as triggering and reinforcing factors; but there is also a conservative timing mechanism or ‘memory’ factor (the word is used in this sense) potent for up to a week which will maintain an impressed rhythm of activity in the absence of conflicting environmental change.
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FEATHERSTON, D., MACINTYRE, R. Learning and Daily Activity in a Sandhopper. Nature 179, 381–382 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179381b0
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