Plants that count and communicate (TED Talk)

Dr. Greg Gage (TED, Nov. 1, 2017); Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly


Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate

We're alive and conscious, humans!

Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the human brain out of college-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and the TED stage).

 

Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the Mimosa pudica, a plant whose leaves shut when touched, and the Venus flytrap -- that clamps to catch its prey -- to an EKG machine to show us how plants use electrical signals to convey information, prompt movement, and count.
 

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