One Study Confirms that Plants Can "Count" and Are Smarter than We Thought so Far.

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For decades we have repeated a comfortable idea, that to learn, remember or decide it takes a brain and neurons. What if it wasn’t entirely true? A recent work with the Mimosa pudica plant, the typical one that folds its leaves when you touch it, argues that that border may not be so rigid. The authors are Peter Vishton and Paige Bartosh, from William & Mary University, and published the study on December 28, 2025 in the magazine “Cognitive Scie…