A case study of learning in plants: Lessons learned from pea plants
MINT Lab researchers Aditya Ponkshe and Paco Calvo, as well as Jacobo Blancas Barroso and Charles Abramson, recently published a paper in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology about insights gained from working with pea plants on learning. Download the paper here!
Abstract
To facilitate the study of learning in plants, we share our experiences of trying to replicate the pea plant experiment of Gagliano et al. In the course of our efforts, we identified 11 issues that must be addressed when attempting to replicate these experiments. The issues range from germination and transplantation of seedlings to experimental design and apparatus issues. We propose a number of solutions to overcome these hurdles.
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Authors
Aditya Ponkshe
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Adi is a Post-Doctoral Researcher who has spearheaded the bean and pea plant experiments.
Paco Calvo
Lab Director
Paco is the Director of the MINT Lab and a Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Murcia, Spain.