Plant cognition

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Plant cognition or plant gnosophysiology^[1] is the study of the learning and memory of plants, exploring the idea it is not only animals that are capable of detecting, responding to and learning from internal and external stimuli in order to choose and make decisions that are most appropriate to ensure survival. Over recent years, experimental evidence for the cognitive nature of plants has grown rapidly and has revealed the extent to which plants can use senses and cognition to respond to their environments.^[2] Some researchers claim that plants process information in similar ways as animal nervous systems.^[3][4] The implications are contested; whether plants have cognition or are simply animated objects.