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If iochemical Substrate's and mechanisms conid be identified, Pfogresst might be wade in the detection and remedration of.certain learning and-memory disabilities. "Bemory-transfer " or "behavioral bioassay " methodology is a ° new technique developed or this purpose. It uses the behavior recipient animals to ' detect whateier chemicals are synthesized in-the braint of _ donor animals during learning. This dgirument is a research repo 'which attempts todelineate the limits tr which the bioassay say Era stably be diteridedby studying its behavioral specificity. In four experiments, it shows that the behavioral bioassay effect is stimulus specific, response specific, process specific, and task spedific-. Strong support is provided for the position that the information conveyed 'via brain extracts is quite specific and not generally facilitating ordepressing, as certain critics have argued, Results 'indicate the appropriateness of the method for the study of important lear4ng an memory phenomena. A bibliography i.s provided for reference. (Author/GA