Memory and learning in plants
F. Baluška (Editor), Monica Gagliano (Editor), Günther Witzany (Editor)
This book assembles recent research on memory and learning in plants. Organisms that share a capability to store information about experiences in the past have an actively generated background resource on which they can compare and evaluate coming experiences in order to react faster or even better. This is an essential tool for all adaptation purposes. Such memory/learning skills can be found from bacteria up to fungi, animals and plants, although until recently it had been mentioned only as capabilities of higher animals. With the rise of epigenetics the context dependent marking of experiences on the genetic level is an essential perspective to understand memory and learning in organisms. Plants are highly sensitive organisms that actively compete for environmental resources. They assess their surroundings, estimate how much energy they need for particular goals, and then realize the optimum variant. They take measures to control certain environmental resources. They perceive themselves and can distinguish between 'self' and 'non-self'. They process and evaluate information and then modify their behavior accordingly. The book will guide scientists in further investigations on these skills of plant behavior and on how plants mediate signaling processes between themselves and the environment in memory and learning processes
1 online resource : illustrations
9783319755960, 331975596X
1032810279
Memory and learning as key competences of living organisms
Deweyan psychology in plant intelligence research : transforming stimulus anad response
General issues in the cognitive analysis of plant learning and inteliigence
Plant cognition and behavior : from environmental awareness to synaptic circuits navigating root apices
Role of epigenetics in transgenerational changes : genome stability in response to plant stress
Origin of epigenetic variation in plants : relationship with genetic variation and potential contribution to plant memory
Plant accomodation to their environment : the role of specific forms of memory
Memristors and electrical memory in plants
Toward systemic view for plant learniing : ecophysiological perspective
Mycorrhizal networks facilitate tree communication, learning, and memory
Inside the vegetal mind : on the cognitive abilities of plants