Monica Gagliano (Books)

Monica Gagliano Books

Monica Gagliano is a Research Professor of Evolutionary Ecology whose work extends the concept of cognition, including perception, learning, memory, and consciousness, in plants. She has pioneered the novel research field of plant bioacoustics, experimentally demonstrating that plants not only emit their own 'voices' but also detect and respond to sounds within their environments. Her research delves into the behavior and evolution of plants and animals, opening a fascinating perspective on biological intelligence. Her work offers fundamental insights into the hidden capabilities of the plant kingdom.

Thus Spoke the Plant

348 pages
13 hours of reading

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Draws on up-close-and-personal encounters with the plants themselves, as well as plant shamans, indigenous elders, and mystics from around the world and integrates these experiences with an incredible research journey and the groundbreaking scientific discoveries that emerged from it. Gagliano has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers on how plants have a Pavlov-like response to stimuli and can learn, remember, and communicate to neighboring plants. She has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, for the first time experimentally demonstrating that plants emit their own 'voices' and, moreover, detect and respond to the sounds of their environments. By demonstrating experimentally that learning is not the exclusive province of animals, Gagliano has re-ignited the discourse on plant subjectivity and ethical and legal standing

Thus Spoke the Plant

The Language of Plants