The question of whether transplanted organs can transfer memory has cropped up for many … organs, but according to a 2024 review, it seems to be particularly prevalent among those [who] have undergone heart transplants. People have reported a change in preferences for everything from food to music, art, and sexual orientation. Some of these changes mirrored the donor’s preferences, and others had stranger, seemingly death-driven aversions (one person developed a fear of water after receiving an organ from a drowning victim).
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