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I can find absolutely no mention of this, anywhere, of this event happening from a quick Googling of those words, nor references to it either. However a German
by XorNot 2y ago
I can find absolutely no mention of this, anywhere, of this event happening from a quick Googling of those words, nor references to it either.
However a German study in 1992 of 47 heart transplant patients found no substantial personality changes[1].
If this was a real thing, then you would expect to find it fairly commonly.
[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1299456/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1299456/
- DoreenMichele 2y agoI see zero reason to assume that it needs to be common in order for one woman to be telling the truth about her experiences.
- bitzun 2y agoI guess the idea is that the psychological burden of having received a donated heart caused the woman to have hallucinations? I don't know what to do with that information, but I wanted to look at a charitable interpretation of the suggestion.
- justinclift 2y ago> ... caused the woman to have hallucinations? Wonder if it could be prion transfer instead? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion
- strogonoff 2y agoPersonality changes after organ transplantation is a fairly known phenomenon that appears to be currently studied[0]. [0] https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3943/5/1/2 https://www.mdpi.com/2673-3943/5/1/2