Organ Transplant Recipients Often Exhibit Donor's Personality Traits and Preferences, Study Shows
If you ever happen to receive an organ transplant from a donor who played tennis, enjoyed fresh vegetables and reminisced about a high-school sweetheart, then you might find yourself suddenly and inexplicably buying a racket, planting a garden or becoming romantically wistful.
According to a recent study, some organ transplant recipients have reported these kinds of changes in their personalities and preferences. Whether or not they inherited those traits from the organ donors, as some have suggested, remains an open question.
In “Personality Changes Associated with Organ Transplants,” published in January by the peer-reviewed journal Transplantology, a group of six researchers affiliated with the University of Colorado found that a significant majority of both heart and other organ transplant recipients reported changes in temperament, hobbies and more than a dozen other areas.
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