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finding:keratocytes-migrate-to-the-cathode-but-keratocyte-fragments-migrate-to-the-anode-sun-et-al-2013Keratocytes migrate to the cathode, but keratocyte fragments migrate to the anode (Sun et al. 2013)
Shows that collective behavior of an intact cell differs fundamentally from the behavior of its parts.
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- Key property of collective intelligence: emergent behaviors at the group level.
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- Relational self, care & alivenessmembers_ofSelf as dynamic functional center defined by care, coherence, and substrate-neutral cognition
- Cellular populations exhibit coordinated dynamics and novel properties absent in isolated cells, spanning bioelectric signaling, migration, and oscillatory synchronization.
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