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Chemical transfer of learned colour discrimination in goldfish

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THE literature describing chemical transfer of learned information has been characterised by contradictory findings during the past ten years1–3.

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BISPING, R., BENZ, U., BOXER, P. et al. Chemical transfer of learned colour discrimination in goldfish. Nature 249, 771–773 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249771a0

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