Are you saying "yes, it can be called a memory?" Because as far as I can tell, they are showing that the mice react to the smell, but how would you make the leap to postulate that they do so because they have memories of being shocked when exposed to the smell? After all, automatic behaviour doesn't seem to use the same pathway which was used to learn the behaviour.Yes, be careful. The author of this article is careful to note that so far it's just an enhanced sensitivity:
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic...nherit-specific-memories-because-epigenetics/
Good article worth reading.
~~ Paul
Linda