tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182111939035703155.post2819829874985760598..comments2024-03-18T20:55:07.632-07:00Comments on The Last Behaviorist: Can plants learn?TheLastBehavioristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02766452615397498148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182111939035703155.post-48070302431743712132014-01-31T20:44:50.325-08:002014-01-31T20:44:50.325-08:00Hi Eric - yeah I don't doubt that there have b...Hi Eric - yeah I don't doubt that there have been previous conditioning studies done with plants, I just really enjoyed this one and it's a recent study so seemed like a good point to start from.<br /><br />I get your point about the term 'plant neurobiology', I'm a bit torn myself. On one hand, I appreciate the proponents' attempt to return to an older, more broad concept of "neuron" that covers aspects of plant biology but you do make a good point about an appropriate emphasis being on not needing neurons.<br /><br />I suppose the position your coming from is similar to the criticism of some of the heavier "neuroscientific" approaches to things like pain, where they will attempt to rule out an organism feeling pain because (for example) it doesn't have a developed enough CNS. In that comparison situation, I'd say you'd be right in saying that we shouldn't be trying to redefine the CNS to include these other animals but rather we should be pointing out something like the behavioral data to refute behavioral claims. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08801634278850835168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182111939035703155.post-77930124545186249882014-01-30T19:18:31.168-08:002014-01-30T19:18:31.168-08:00I don't think this is the first plant conditio...I don't think this is the first plant conditioning thing. Now I have to poke around the interwebs to see what I can find. <br /><br />I highly object, however, to the notion of plant neurobiology. I know it sounds sexy (as paradoxical statements often do), but the BIG point should be that plants can do it without neurons. Eric Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412168482569793996noreply@blogger.com