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Eight experiments have found that hibernators perform cognitive functions as effectively after hibernation as before, whereas five experiments have revealed degraded cognitive performance after hibernation. The specific question addressed in studies of neonates has been whether individuals exposed to deep hypothermia in the neonatal period exhibit altered cognitive function as post-weanlings or adults. Only three species have been studied, in research focused on spatial learning, taste-aversion learning, and predator evasion. 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