• DocumentCode
    2701707
  • Title

    The notion of animals´ local choice brought from an exterior of mechanical framework

  • Author

    Nomura, S. ; Gunji, Y.

  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    185
  • Lastpage
    190
  • Abstract
    We studied chemotactical behavior of an amoeboid multinuclear cell, Physarum polycephalum plasmodium. We experimentally observed that the small parts within a single organism showed different reactions under rather complex situations, unless the organism has no differentiation, and some adaptable behaviors of the individual have resulted from a temporary inadequate reaction of such a local part. We then propose an idea of animal local choice as a negation of a mechanical framework which assumes definitely decided one-to-one relations between an environmental stimulus and a reaction of an animal
  • Keywords
    behavioural sciences; cellular biophysics; chemioception; microorganisms; zoology; Physarum polycephalum plasmodium; adaptable behaviors; amoeboid multinuclear cell; animal local choice; chemotactical behavior; slime mold; Animals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    SICE 2000. Proceedings of the 39th SICE Annual Conference. International Session Papers
  • Conference_Location
    Iizuka
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9805-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SICE.2000.889677
  • Filename
    889677