Physarum inspires research beyond biomimetic algorithms: Reply to comments on "Does being multi-headed make you better at solving problems?"

We look at a recent expansion of Physarum research from inspiring biomimetic algorithms to serving as a model organism in the evolutionary study of perception, memory, learning, and decision making.

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