title: Plant intelligence and attention.
abstract: This article applies the phenomenological model of attention to plant monitoring of environmental stimuli and signal perception. Three complementary definitions of attention as selectivity, modulation and perdurance are explained with reference to plant signaling and behaviors, including foraging, ramet placement and abiotic stress communication. Elements of animal and human attentive attitudes are compared with plant attention at the levels of cognitive focus, context and margin. It is argued that the concept of attention holds the potential of becoming a cornerstone of plant intelligence studies.
authors: Department of Philosophy; The University of the Basque Country; UPV-EHU; Ikerbasque: Basque Foundation for Science; Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Marder
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena
keywords: attention; focus; intentionality; phenomenology; plant intelligence; selectivity