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It is said that Goldfish have a three second memory but who in the world came up with this and how could they possibly prove it?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's rubbish.......if you have ever seen fish at feeding time then you'll see that they know that certain triggers are a prompt that food will be introduced soon (lifting of tank hood etc.) so if they only had a 3 second memory they would be oblivious to this and it would be a new discovery each time.
As gilf says there are different parts of the memory which do different things, I always thought the Goldfish 3 second thing refered to short term memory which in humans allows you to remember a small amount of information such as a phone number or something for a short period of time, however I'm pretty certain a goldfish's memory isn't as complex as a human's... why would a goldfish need to remember a phone number anyway!?
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