Abstract
An earlier finding that learned behaviour can be transferred to naive subjects by injection of extracts of brains from trained animals is re-examined by a less ambiguous method. The possibility of transfer is confirmed, but the mechanisms involved are still obscure.
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UNGAR, G., IRWIN, L. Transfer of Acquired Information by Brain Extracts. Nature 214, 453–455 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214453a0
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