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From the Vault: Plant Memories, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Effects of Turgor Pressure on Plants

You would be surprised how salvageable some greens are after a soak in cold water. The mimosa pudica may also, in a qualified sense, behave mentally in ways that seem more at home in animals with brains. There has been research arguing that this plant, an organism entirely without a brain or without a nervous system, actually has its own rudimentary form of memory.

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