Do hamsters have memory? If so, how does it work?

Question

I'm doing a science fair project on hamster memory and can't anything on how it works and if they even have it.

Answer 1

Yes, hamsters have a memory. That's why you can teach them how to do different things (like run in a wheel). Their memory works pretty much like any mammal's cerebral cortex works. The more times a particular set of synapses are used the more whatever caused it is remembered.

Look up memory in monkeys. You'll find more info and there may be small biochemical differences but for the most part how it works is very similar.

Answer 2

Certainly they have a memory, any animal does.
As to how it works, we are only beginning to learn
how memory works in humans, so not much can
be said about hamsters. Presumably it would be
much the same in both humans and hamsters, so
whatever the current information on other animals
may be it is probably applicable to hamster, too.

Answer 3

Yes they do, but they have a small brain. So there memorary doesn't last long, and don't have the capacity to remember random things, they only remeber stuff about food, danger, basicly survival.

Jan 21, 2007