Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the Mimosa pudica, a plant whose leaves close when touched, and the Venus flytrap to an EKG to show us how plants use electrical signals to convey information, prompt movement and even count.

Greg Gage: Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate

Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate

Discover how plants like the Venus flytrap utilize electrical signals to count and make decisions, challenging our view of intelligence.

Electrophysiology reveals that plants communicate internally using action potentials, similar to human neural signals, to trigger movement.

Plants communicate using electrical signals, much like neurons in humans, showcasing nature's ubiquitous language of life.