A body of remarkable experiments have shown that fungi operate as individuals, engage in decision-making, are capable of learning, and possess short-term memory.
These findings highlight the spectacular sensitivity of such ‘simple’ organisms, and situate the human version of the mind within a spectrum of consciousness that might well span the entire natural world.
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‘Mother Trees’ are intelligent, they learn and remember. And ecologist Suzanne Simard says they need our help to survive.
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In the new book Thus Spoke the Plant, by evolutionary ecologist Monica Gagliano, she suggests plants might possess intelligence, memory and learning, although the mechanisms at play may be fundamentally different from those of humans and animals.
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