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Plant intelligence: Why, why not or where?
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SYSNO ASEP 0328380 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Ostatní články Title Plant intelligence: Why, why not or where? Title Inteligence u rostlin - proč, proč ne a kde? Author(s) Cvrčková, F. (CZ)
Lipavská, H. (CZ)
Žárský, Viktor (UEB-Q) RID, ORCIDSource Title Plant Signaling & Behavior. - : Taylor & Francis - ISSN 1559-2316
Roč. 4, č. 5 (2009), s. 394-399Number of pages 6 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords Definition of terms ; Intelligence ; Learning Subject RIV EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology CEZ AV0Z50380511 - UEB-Q (2005-2011) Annotation The concept of plant intelligence, as proposed by Anthony Trewavas, has raised considerable discussion. However, plant intelligence remains loosely defined; often it is either perceived as practically synonymous to Darwinian fitness, or reduced to a mere decorative metaphor. A more strict view can be taken, emphasizing necessary prerequisites such as memory and learning, which requires clarifying the definition of memory itself. To qualify as memories, traces of past events have to be not only stored, but also actively accessed. We propose a criterion for eliminating false candidates of possible plant intelligence phenomena in this stricter sense: an 'intelligent' behavior must involve a component that can be approximated by a plausible algorithmic model involving recourse to stored information about past states of the individual or its environment. Re-evaluation of previously presented examples of plant intelligence shows that only some of them pass our test. Workplace Institute of Experimental Botany Contact David Klier, knihovna@ueb.cas.cz, Tel.: 220 390 469 Year of Publishing 2010
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