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July 4, 2026Topics in Cognitive Science

Fungal Memory and Minimal Cognition

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KŠKristina Šekrst

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Overview

Argues fungal networks show cognitive behavior through memory-based adaptation, challenging traditional views.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore how fungal mycelial networks demonstrate minimal cognition through memory-integrated regulation.
  • Developed a non-representational account of memory and cognition based on cybernetic and enactivist frameworks.
  • Proposed four operational criteria for minimal cognition, which were empirically assessed through observed fungal behaviors.
  • Analyzed phenomena such as directional regrowth and transgenerational memory in fungi.
  • Fungal networks show directional regrowth toward resources after displacement, suggesting adaptive behavior (effect size not quantified).
  • Stress priming information persists through multiple cell divisions, indicating memory across generations.
  • Spitzenkörper dynamics support directional persistence in fungi under constrained environments.

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Kristina Šekrst (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a48a72989561a0c2d78ebd8https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.70070
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