Plant blindness is a proposed form of cognitive bias which, in its broadest meaning, is a human tendency to ignore plant species. This includes such phenomena as not noticing plants in the surrounding environment, not recognizing the importance of plant life to the whole biosphere and to human affairs, a philosophical view of plants as an inferior form of life to animals, and/or the inability to appreciate the unique features or aesthetics of plants.[1] Related terms include plant‐neglect,[2]zoo-centrism,[3]zoo‐chauvinism,[2] or a lack of plant literacy.[4]
The term plant blindness was coined by the botanists educators J. H. Wandersee and E. E. Schussler in their 1999 publication 'Preventing Plant Blindness'.[5][6][7] Scientists have suggested that the reason some people don't notice plants is because plants are stationary and similarly coloured, although other research has suggested that plant blindness is affected by cultural practices.[5][8] A 2014 study in the United States looked at how plants and animals are perceived using "attentional blink" (the ability to notice one of two rapidly presented images).[3] The study showed that participants were more accurate in detecting animals in images, rather than plants.[3] The researchers also suggested possible strategies for characterizing and overcoming zoo-centrism.[3]
According to the BBC journalist Christine Ro, plant blindness is potentially linked to nature deficit disorder, which she construes is causing what she claims is reduced funding and fewer classes for botany.[7]
^Allen, William (1 October 2003). "Plant Blindness". BioScience. 53 (10). American Institute of Biological Sciences: 926. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0926:PB]2.0.CO;2.
^ abPany, P., A. Lörnitzo, L. Auleitner, C. Heidinger, P. Lampert & M. Kiehn (2019). Using students' interest in useful plants to encourage plant vision in the classroom. Plants, People, Planet 1(3): 261–270. doi:10.1002/ppp3.43
^ abcdBenjamin Balas and Jennifer L. Momsen (Fall 2014). "Attention "Blinks" Differently for Plants and Animals". CBE: Life Sciences Education. 13 (3): 437–443. doi:10.1187/cbe.14-05-0080. PMC 4152205. PMID 25185227.
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^ abWandersee, J. H., & Schussler, E. E. (1999). Preventing plant blindness. The American Biology Teacher, 61, 82–86.
^ abChristine Ro (29 April 2019). "Why 'plant blindness' matters — and what you can do about it". BBC Future. BBC. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^Dasgupta, Shreya (27 September 2016). "Can Plant Blindness Be Cured?". Pacific Standard. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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