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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 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/

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Personality 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

I see zero reason to assume that it needs to be common in order for one woman to be telling the truth about her experiences.

I 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.

> ... caused the woman to have hallucinations?

Wonder if it could be prion transfer instead?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion

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