• Renneder@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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    •  The results of the study of the brain of insects during metamorphosis are the most detailed. 
    
    •  Insect metamorphosis evolved to reduce competition for resources between adults and offspring. 
    
    •  Metamorphosis began about 350 million years ago, before the advent of dinosaurs. 
    
    •  Metamorphosis affects the brain of insects, which undergoes significant changes. 
    
    •  During metamorphosis, the insect brain recycles most of the neurons to function again. 
    
    •  Metamorphosis changes connections between neurons, destroying old ones and creating new ones. 
    
    •  Memories of a larva cannot be stored in the brain of an adult insect. 
    
    •  Associative memories can be associated with smells and direct insects to or away from something. 
    
    • TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.ml
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      I wouldn’t mind a rewiring of my brain and some time off in a cocoon but not remembering my wife when I get out would be awful.