Bianchi Margherita, Avesani Sara, Bonato Bianca, Dadda Marco, Guerra Silvia, Ravazzolo Laura, Simonetti Valentina, Castiello Umberto
Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Italy.
Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Italy.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2025 Mar 8;64:102026. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102026.
The widespread disregard for plant behavior is gradually being overcome through more inclusive theoretical approaches and the development of appropriate and advanced technologies. In this paper we review scientific evidence on recent contributions to the study of plants, such as movement and communication as well as potential forms of attention. Some of the most recent contributions to the study of plant abilities come from comparative studies on biocommunication and research on the accuracy of plants in responding to different environmental stimuli through electrophysiological and kinematical analyses in different context (e.g., individual and social). Furthermore, an underexplored area that warrants further investigation is plants' multisensory perception and its potential link to multimodal communication capabilities. Research into this set of abilities could help to clarify the degree of behavioral flexibility in sessile organisms without a nervous system and enhance discussions on interactive behavior as expressed in nature. This, in turn, will help to bridge the gap between studies on animal organisms and the rest of the living world.
通过更具包容性的理论方法以及适当先进技术的发展，对植物行为的普遍忽视正逐渐得到克服。在本文中，我们回顾了有关植物研究近期贡献的科学证据，比如植物的运动、交流以及潜在的注意力形式。植物能力研究的一些最新贡献来自生物通讯的比较研究，以及通过在不同情境（例如个体和群体）下的电生理和运动学分析，对植物响应不同环境刺激准确性的研究。此外，一个值得进一步研究的未充分探索领域是植物的多感官感知及其与多模态通讯能力的潜在联系。对这一系列能力的研究有助于阐明无神经系统的固着生物的行为灵活性程度，并加强对自然界中表现出的互动行为的讨论。反过来，这将有助于弥合动物有机体研究与其他生物世界研究之间的差距。
