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MECHANISM INCOGNITO. "In this study, we have demonstrated the acquisition and expression of a long-lasting memory for a learned behaviour in this plant, but we have left unanswered the fundamental question of the mechanisms underlying this deceptively simple form of learning, the biological basis of which we still do not fully understand in any organism." https://lnkd.in/dH68RKn View in LinkedIn

PAST PERSISTENCE. "Mimosa can acquire an enduring memory of a past event, whereby the plant recognizes and generalizes the learned stimulus even when the context in which the memory was generated has changed. In other words, Mimosa’s proficiency in responding appropriately to a known stimulus within a new context does not require brand-new learning but the capacity to ‘remember’ (i.e. recognize that a present cue has been previously encountered) and adjust slightly." https://lnkd.in/dH68RKn View in LinkedIn

MIMOSA DURABLE MEMORY. "Gagliano reported that she retested her plants after a week and found that they continued to disregard the drop stimulus, indicating that they “remembered” what they had learned. Even after twenty-eight days, the lesson had not been forgotten. In similar experiments with bees, the insects forgot what they had learned after just forty-eight hours." https://lnkd.in/dvFaNgd View in LinkedIn

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CALCULATIONS AND MEMORY. "Our recent results however suggest that plants are capable of processing information encrypted in light intensity and in its energy. With the help of nonphotochemical quenching and photoelectrophysiological signaling (PEPS) plants are able to perform biological quantum computation and memorize light training in order to optimize their Darwinian fitness." https://lnkd.in/d7QCXaS View in LinkedIn

MEMORY OR CHEMICAL CUES? "Similarly, the notorious example of dodder host selection can be re-told (i.e., narratively modeled) as simple attraction towards synchronous chemical cues produced by the prospective host." https://lnkd.in/dfsCv77 View in LinkedIn