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Sunflower Seedlings Bend Toward Light in Ways That Hint at Plant Optical Illusions

Tel Aviv University researchers found that sunflower seedlings respond to light in nonlinear ways, and a model built from their data predicts plants may perceive light direction in a distorted way.

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Sunflower Seedlings Bend Toward Light in Ways That Hint at Plant Optical Illusions
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Tel Aviv University researchers found that sunflower seedlings respond to light in nonlinear ways, and a model built from their data predicts plants may perceive light direction in a distorted way.