I hope it is urban legend or exaggerated, because that is terrifying.
Or it's wishful thinking / placebo. The mind is very good at deceiving itself.
Or the subconscious memories could have been transferred through other methods, e.g. socialising with people who knew the donor.
Well, the heart apparently has 40,000 neurons, which is cracking on for the same number as a fruit fly. Although one would assume that they're not arranged for the sort of thing which would make a person crave a beer.
Yeah, more of a "Keep pumping even if the brain upstairs talking to me" would probably the answer to that. I doubt it cares much for beer.
I wonder if it's a less romantic statistic if you look at neurons in, say, the left butt cheek or something.
Well, apparently there's something called Gluteal Amnesia...?