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

In the 1960’s, an odd experiment showed planarian worms could transfer memories by consuming each other. It was a sensational finding—that is until the worms stopped learning.

1960年代麥康奈爾聲稱渦蟲能通過同類相食轉移記憶，如今哈佛團隊按原方案復現卻無法讓任何渦蟲學會條件反射。文章追溯這段科學史，並指出記憶轉移研究在秀麗隱桿線蟲和海兔等生物上以新形式回歸。