This article provides an overview of the early Mimosa pudica literature; much of which is in
journals not easily accessible to the reader. In contrast to the contemporary plant learning …

In complex and ever-changing environments, resources such as food are often scarce and
unevenly distributed in space and time. Therefore, utilizing external cues to locate and …

Learning involves a usually adaptive response to an input (an external stimulus or the
organism℉ s own behaviour) in which the input-response relation is memorized; some …

This is the first of two papers in which we propose an evolutionary route for the transition
from sensory processing to unlimited experiencing, or basic consciousness. We argue that …

This chapter argues that plant intelligence needs to be considered as a teleological activity,
whereby the plant organizes and coordinates itself and its environment in a goal-based way …

Although the use of the term “sentience” in philosophy dates to the 17th century, its use
expanded particularly in the second half of the 20th century, with the emergence of non …

Although the use of the term “sentience” in philosophy dates to the 17th century, its use
expanded particularly in the second half of the 20th century, with the emergence of non …

This chapter outlines a broad view of information processing systems based on the research
findings presented in the previous chapters. This broad view develops the generalisations of …

Research that combines approaches from cognitive psychology and integrative biology has
indicated that human learning and memory have been selected through evolutionary …

Adaptación es un proceso general para la optimización del fitness de los organismos, las
características a nivel psicológico que permiten a los organismos adaptarse a cambios en el …