"When it comes to light, scientists have found that plants can "think" and "remember" in ways very similar to our own nervous system:
In their experiment, the scientists showed that light shone on to one leaf caused the whole plant to respond.
And the response, which took the form of light-induced chemical reactions in the leaves, continued in the dark.
This showed, they said, that the plant "remembered" the information encoded in light.
"We shone the light only on the bottom of the plant and we ...
Published on July 20, 2010 01:12