Is There a Signal That Could Account for This?

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When i studied psychology, i learned of a phenomenon whereby rats were taught new tasks that took a certain amount of time to learn. And as time went on, rats in other parts of the world learned these new tasks at a statistically significant faster rate. I know physics would say there's no signal that could account for this, and i've never found a good answer. Do you have any wisdom on ah, yess?

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