Pozessed Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) Plants and microbes are considered to have some ability to use memory. I am curious if this ability to retain and recollect information should be considered instinctual, and to what degree as they have no brain or nervous system.http://phys.org/news/2014-04-bacterial-immune-memory.htmlhttp://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-mimosa-plants-memory-01695.html Edited May 18, 2015 by Pozessed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta1212 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 How are we defining instinct in this discussion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisai Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) Isn't instinctual behavior used to contrast with a learned (or conditioned) behavior? I'm not certain how useful it would be to differentiate a behavior that there is nothing else to differentiate it from. Edited May 18, 2015 by kisai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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