Abstract Sensing, communication, navigation, decision-making, memory and learning are
key components in a standard cognitive tool-kit that enhance an animal's ability to …

Even for humans it is not easy to solve a maze. But the plasmodium of true slime mold, an
amoeba-like unicellular organism, has shown an amazing ability to do so. This implies that …

INTRODUCTION Cells migrate over long distances during normal embryonic development
and in disease, and they navigate through complex, branched paths. Chemotaxis, cell …

Transport networks are ubiquitous in both social and biological systems. Robust network
performance involves a complex trade-off involving cost, transport efficiency, and fault …

Spatial memory enhances an organism's navigational ability. Memory typically resides
within the brain, but what if an organism has no brain? We show that the brainless slime …

We describe here a mathematical model of the adaptive dynamics of a transport network of
the true slime mold Physarum polycephalum, an amoeboid organism that exhibits path …

A Physarum machine is a programmable amorphous biological computer experimentally
implemented in the vegetative state of true slime mould Physarum polycephalum. It …

When plasmodia of the true slime mold Physarum were exposed to unfavorable conditions
presented as three consecutive pulses at constant intervals, they reduced their locomotive …

Using insights from biological processes could help to design new optimization techniques
for long-standing computational problems. This paper exploits a cellular computing model in …

To evaluate performance in a complex survival task, we studied the morphology of the
Physarum plasmodium transportation network when presented with multiple separate food …