Electric-pulse-induced resistance (EPIR) switching behaviour was observed in bulk La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 polycrystalline. Temperature dependences of resistance and magnetic moment at different resistance states were studied. The metal–insulator phase transition temperature changed with the resistance states, which suggested that the EPIR phenomenon is related to the modulating bulk properties of perovskite manganites. The Curie temperature derived from the magnetic moment measurement did not change with the resistance states, which implied that there was no ferromagnetic–metal and antiferromagnetic–insulator transition occurring in perovskite manganite global materials. These results provided a new evidence for a filamentary mechanism in the EPIR effect.