Scientist Daniel Chamovitz unveils the surprising world of plants that see, feel, smell\u2014and remember<\/p>\n

How aware are plants? This is the central question behind a fascinating new book, \u201cWhat a Plant Knows,\u201d by Daniel Chamovitz, director of the Manna Center for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University. A plant, he argues, can see, smell and feel. It can mount a defense when under siege, and warn its neighbors of trouble on the way. A plant can even be said to have a memory. But does this mean that plants think \u2014 or that one can speak of a \u201cneuroscience\u201d of the flower? Chamovitz answered questions from Mind Matters editor Gareth Cook.<\/p>\n

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Scientist Daniel Chamovitz unveils the surprising world of plants that see, feel, smell\u2014and remember How aware are plants? This is the central question behind a fascinating new book, \u201cWhat a Plant Knows,\u201d by Daniel Chamovitz, director of the Manna Center for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University. A plant, he argues, can see, smell and … Continue reading “Do Plants Think?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lessnullvoid.cc\/pulsum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lessnullvoid.cc\/pulsum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lessnullvoid.cc\/pulsum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lessnullvoid.cc\/pulsum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lessnullvoid.cc\/pulsum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lessnullvoid.cc\/pulsum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/lessnullvoid.cc\/pulsum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lessnullvoid.cc\/pulsum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lessnullvoid.cc\/pulsum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lessnullvoid.cc\/pulsum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}