Where association ends. A review of associative learning in invertebrates, plants and protista, and a reflection on its limits.
Ignacio Loy, Susana Carnero-Sierra, Félix Acebes, Judit Muñiz-Moreno, Clara Muñiz-Diez, José-Carlos Sánchez-González
Abstract
with no data) there is no adequate evidence of it in unicellular protists (despite more than a century of experiments with paramecia and amoeba) or in plants (despite recent results that so claim). We then consider the alternative offered by Minimal Cognition and suggest some complementary ideas, from a Comparative Developmental Psychology approach, which we call "Minimal Development." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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