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Slime mold / slime mould (physarum sp) on the decay log

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 15, 2025

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Animal mind

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Chris Reid, Featured, Learning, Matthew Sims, Memory, Memory without neurons, Neurons, Physarum polycephalum, Slime mold, Toshiyuki Nakagaki}

Slime Mold: Memory and Learning Without Neurons

_{Can memories be stored outside the brain? Once we have separated memory and learning from neurons — do the traditional assumptions about them still really apply?} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 15, 2025

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Animal mind}

The findings from experiments with polycephalum have been “contentious,” probably because they raise issues about how these traits actually work. Read More ›