Project Pavlovian plants – Can plants learn? Pavlovian conditioning without a brain

Pavlovian plants

Can plants learn? Pavlovian conditioning without a brain

01/05/2016 to 30/10/2017

A most intriguing question in behavioral sciences is whether organisms without a nervous system are capable of learning. We suggest answering this question with the best-known learning example in animals - Pavlovian conditioning - by examining the ability of plants to associate a neutral stimulus with an honest cue. If plants display such learning this will challenge our perception of plants as insensible beings.