Reframing Botanical Blindness and Imperception Through Evolutionary Lenses

• Published in: Acta Botânica Brasílica Vol. 39
• Main Authors: Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Aníbal Silva Cantalice, Edwine Soares Oliveira, Francisco Igor Ribeiro Santos, Hermeson Carlos Santos, Ingrid da Silva Lima, João Victor Mendes Silva, Letícia Elias, Marcela Maria Albuquerque-Silva, Maria Vittória Alves de Santana, Paula Thayanne Mata, Rayane Karoline Silva dos Santos, Valdir de Moura Brito Júnior, Yasmim Antonino Costa Santos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 01.01.2025
• Subjects: Animacy; cognitive bias; differential attention; ethnobiology; ethnobotany; naturalistic mind; plant awareness disparity

Abstract In this opinion article, we question the tendency to treat human interactions with plants as a cognitive deficit through terms such as botanical blindness, botanical imperception, or plant awareness disparity (PAD). Rather than denying the existence of the phenomenon these terms attempt to...