MINT Lab
@mintlab.bsky.social
Official account of the Minimal Intelligence Laboratory, University of Murcia. Cutting-edge research into plant behaviour and signalling.
🌱 https://www.um.es/mintlab/
🌱 https://www.um.es/mintlab/
aeccbio.univie.ac.at
Paco will be taking part in the 2nd International Plant Awareness Symposium 14-16th September 2026, Universität Wien.
Paco will be taking part in the 2nd International Plant Awareness Symposium 14-16th September 2026, Universität Wien.
September 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
aeccbio.univie.ac.at
Paco will be taking part in the 2nd International Plant Awareness Symposium 14-16th September 2026, Universität Wien.
Paco will be taking part in the 2nd International Plant Awareness Symposium 14-16th September 2026, Universität Wien.
New blog post! ‘The Ecology of Learning: Why Variable Worlds Favour Prediction’
Learning does not evolve in a vacuum or solely in neural substrates. It emerges under specific ecological conditions that are shared by both plants and the animals they interact with.
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
Learning does not evolve in a vacuum or solely in neural substrates. It emerges under specific ecological conditions that are shared by both plants and the animals they interact with.
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
September 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
New blog post! ‘The Ecology of Learning: Why Variable Worlds Favour Prediction’
Learning does not evolve in a vacuum or solely in neural substrates. It emerges under specific ecological conditions that are shared by both plants and the animals they interact with.
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
Learning does not evolve in a vacuum or solely in neural substrates. It emerges under specific ecological conditions that are shared by both plants and the animals they interact with.
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
New blog post:
Does Learning Require Neurons?
Rethinking neurocentrism in cognitive science.
#blog #learning #neurons #plants #cognition www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
Does Learning Require Neurons?
Rethinking neurocentrism in cognitive science.
#blog #learning #neurons #plants #cognition www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
August 20, 2026 at 3:05 PM
New blog post:
Does Learning Require Neurons?
Rethinking neurocentrism in cognitive science.
#blog #learning #neurons #plants #cognition www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
Does Learning Require Neurons?
Rethinking neurocentrism in cognitive science.
#blog #learning #neurons #plants #cognition www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
Amazing recommendation for Planta Sapiens in Simplified Chinese (China South Booky) from legendary actor Tony Leung Chiu-Wai. 🌱
July 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Amazing recommendation for Planta Sapiens in Simplified Chinese (China South Booky) from legendary actor Tony Leung Chiu-Wai. 🌱
Conference in Mexico July 2nd!
June 26, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Conference in Mexico July 2nd!
Explore the pioneering work of Paco Calvo with poets Alice Oswald and Anna Selby in this immersive residential course in Devon.
www.schumachercollege.org/plant-imagin...
www.schumachercollege.org/plant-imagin...
June 26, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Explore the pioneering work of Paco Calvo with poets Alice Oswald and Anna Selby in this immersive residential course in Devon.
www.schumachercollege.org/plant-imagin...
www.schumachercollege.org/plant-imagin...
Open access chapter ‘A World of Minds’ out now in Routledge International Handbook of Ecological Psychology www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
June 22, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Open access chapter ‘A World of Minds’ out now in Routledge International Handbook of Ecological Psychology www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
In case you missed it:
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
June 22, 2026 at 11:10 AM
In case you missed it:
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
What is the nature of cognition across different systems? What is the origin of life? What makes AI systems work? How should we think about causality?
Join SEMF Interdisciplinary School 2026 in person or online (low price)
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
Join SEMF Interdisciplinary School 2026 in person or online (low price)
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
June 22, 2026 at 10:56 AM
What is the nature of cognition across different systems? What is the origin of life? What makes AI systems work? How should we think about causality?
Join SEMF Interdisciplinary School 2026 in person or online (low price)
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
Join SEMF Interdisciplinary School 2026 in person or online (low price)
www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
Some essential heatwave listening: www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
June 22, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Some essential heatwave listening: www.um.es/mintlab/inde...
June 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Our work was featured on IAI News today - read more here: iai.tv/articles/new...
June 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Our work was featured on IAI News today - read more here: iai.tv/articles/new...
Paco appeared on @bbcsounds.bsky.social this week discussing the possibility of plant personalities! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
CrowdScience - Do plants have personalities? - BBC Sounds
Can brainless plants really think for themselves?
www.bbc.co.uk
June 10, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Paco appeared on @bbcsounds.bsky.social this week discussing the possibility of plant personalities! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Announcement!!
Interdisciplinary Summer School 2026, Valencia (Spain) 12-19 July
Registrations Open!
semf.org.es/school2025/
Interdisciplinary Summer School 2026, Valencia (Spain) 12-19 July
Registrations Open!
semf.org.es/school2025/
June 1, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Announcement!!
Interdisciplinary Summer School 2026, Valencia (Spain) 12-19 July
Registrations Open!
semf.org.es/school2025/
Interdisciplinary Summer School 2026, Valencia (Spain) 12-19 July
Registrations Open!
semf.org.es/school2025/
Discover here: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
May 28, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Discover here: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Recent talk by MINT Lab’s Aditya Ponkshe wpd.ugr.es/~filolab/wor...
May 18, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Recent talk by MINT Lab’s Aditya Ponkshe wpd.ugr.es/~filolab/wor...
Reposted by MINT Lab
Day 3 and final day of the Embodied Cognition and Comparative Psychology Conference with @susanamonso.com, @miguelborrajo.bsky.social and myself presenting. It has been a wonderful (and exhausting) experience. @isanchezmoreno.bsky.social and Gabriel Corda in the last photo too! ✨🐾
May 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Day 3 and final day of the Embodied Cognition and Comparative Psychology Conference with @susanamonso.com, @miguelborrajo.bsky.social and myself presenting. It has been a wonderful (and exhausting) experience. @isanchezmoreno.bsky.social and Gabriel Corda in the last photo too! ✨🐾
Reposted by MINT Lab
Day 2 today at the Embodied Cognition And Comparative Psychology Conference with Paco Calvo and Aitya Ponskhe, @philosobio.bsky.social, Emillene Beorlegui and @isanchezmoreno.bsky.social Tomorrow is the last day, and it's when I will be presenting my work 🙈🙌
May 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Day 2 today at the Embodied Cognition And Comparative Psychology Conference with Paco Calvo and Aitya Ponskhe, @philosobio.bsky.social, Emillene Beorlegui and @isanchezmoreno.bsky.social Tomorrow is the last day, and it's when I will be presenting my work 🙈🙌
Reposted by MINT Lab
Day 1 at the Embodied Cognition And Comparative Psychology Conference at the Universidad de Murcia with keynote speakers Louise Barrett and Lucia F. Jacobs. What a fantastic opportunity to be here! 🐙🦇🐬
May 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Day 1 at the Embodied Cognition And Comparative Psychology Conference at the Universidad de Murcia with keynote speakers Louise Barrett and Lucia F. Jacobs. What a fantastic opportunity to be here! 🐙🦇🐬
Paco appeared on BBC R4 this week to discuss plants and consciousness.
Listen here! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen here! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
May 8, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Paco appeared on BBC R4 this week to discuss plants and consciousness.
Listen here! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen here! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
May 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Reposted by MINT Lab
We (@edbaggs.bsky.social, @segundo-ortin.bsky.social, @guicogsci.bsky.social, & I) have organised the conference "Dimensions of Radical Embodiment" for the last few years [Stay tuned for the next one!]. And we just edited a special issue around it. Here's the intro: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Introduction: Progress in Radical Embodiment - Topoi
Topoi -
link.springer.com
April 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
We (@edbaggs.bsky.social, @segundo-ortin.bsky.social, @guicogsci.bsky.social, & I) have organised the conference "Dimensions of Radical Embodiment" for the last few years [Stay tuned for the next one!]. And we just edited a special issue around it. Here's the intro: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by MINT Lab
Next week I will be keynoting at this. My wonderful PhD students @miguelborrajo.bsky.social, @isanchezmoreno.bsky.social, and @josepgasol.com will also be presenting. Fun times!
[CONFERENCE ALERT]
May 5-7, EMBODIED COGNITION AND COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Universidad de Murcia (Spain)
Invited speakers: Louise Barrett, Lucia Jacobs, Susana Monsó, Paco Calvo, Matt Sims & Aditya Ponkshe.
Check out the full program here: embodiedcomparativepsychology.square.site/program
May 5-7, EMBODIED COGNITION AND COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Universidad de Murcia (Spain)
Invited speakers: Louise Barrett, Lucia Jacobs, Susana Monsó, Paco Calvo, Matt Sims & Aditya Ponkshe.
Check out the full program here: embodiedcomparativepsychology.square.site/program
embodiedcomparativepsychology.square.site
April 30, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Next week I will be keynoting at this. My wonderful PhD students @miguelborrajo.bsky.social, @isanchezmoreno.bsky.social, and @josepgasol.com will also be presenting. Fun times!
Reposted by MINT Lab
Next week we're having this amazing workshop "Embodied Cognition and Comparative Psychology" in Murcia. You should come cause it's going to be fab!
Thanks to @luciacneco.bsky.social for the poster!
Thanks to @luciacneco.bsky.social for the poster!
April 30, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Next week we're having this amazing workshop "Embodied Cognition and Comparative Psychology" in Murcia. You should come cause it's going to be fab!
Thanks to @luciacneco.bsky.social for the poster!
Thanks to @luciacneco.bsky.social for the poster!