Animal Behavior & CognitionAdvanced MaterialsPeer-reviewed
Mechanosensation Mediates Long-Range Spatial Decision-Making in an Aneural Organism
N. Murugan, D. Kaltman, H. Jin…·M. Levin
This paper shows that the aneural protist Physarum polycephalum uses mechanosensation to preferentially grow toward heavier, chemically inert masses, revealing a novel biomechanical decision-making mechanism.
DOI 10.1002/adma.202008161