Can Single Cells Learn?

A controversial idea from the mid-20th century is attracting renewed attention from researchers developing theories for how cognition arises with or without a brain.

Psychologist Beatrice Gelber conducted experiments in the 1950s & 1960s to test for associative learning in Paramecium aurelia.

Scientists are re-evaluating evidence for unicellular learning.

https://www.the-scientist.com/features/can-single-cells-learn-68694