A single-celled organism capable of learning

A single-celled organism capable of learning Toulouse, France (SPX) May 04, 2016 - For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that an organism devoid of a nervous system is capable of learning. A team from the Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale (CNRS/Universite Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier) has succeeded in showing that a single-celled organism, the protist Physarum polycephalum, is capable of a type of learning called habituation. This discovery throws ... more

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