Integrated information as a possible basis for plant consciousness
Integrated information as a possible basis for plant consciousness
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DOI：
10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.10.022
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发表时间：
2021-06-16
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Trewavas, Anthony
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作者：
Calvo, Paco;Baluska, Frantisek;Trewavas, Anthony
人们普遍认为植物没有意识。由于这种假设的标准通常是人类的意识，这种假设代表了一种自上而下的态度。很明显，植物不是动物，使用动物的意识标准将导致植物的排斥。然而，使用自下而上的进化方法和领先的意识理论，综合信息理论，我们报告说，我们发现的证据表明，植物分生组织的行为有意识的方式，虽然可能在最低意识的水平。由于许多植物含有多个分生组织，这些观察结果突出了生物有机体中意识的一种非常不同的进化方法。(C)2020爱思唯尔公司All rights reserved.
It is commonly assumed that plants do not possess consciousness. Since the criterion for this assumption is usually human consciousness this assumption represents a top down attitude. It is obvious that plants are not animals and using animal criteria of consciousness will lead to its rejection in plants. However using a bottom up evolutionary approach and a leading theory of consciousness, Integrated Information Theory, we report that we find evidence that indicates that plant meristems act in a conscious fashion although probably at the level of minimal consciousness. Since many plants contain multiple meristems these observations highlight a very different evolutionary approach to consciousness in biological organisms. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.