Single-celled organism with no brain is capable of Pavlovian learning

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2519284-single-celled-organism-with-no-brain-is-capable-of-pavlovian-learning/

6 Comments

  1. RelaxedButtcheeks on

    Some studies have shown plants can be classically conditioned, as well.

    Though this is particularly more significant.

    However, I don’t see why we’re still stuck on organisms needing a brain in order to learn.

    It seems rather silly and essentially pointless to be a living thing that CAN’T learn, especially when the environment an organism is subject to is often transient.

    And this is somewhat old news as most of us are aware of the slime mold learning experiments.