Video showing octopuses navigating the maze

In the experiments that tested for proprioception, the octopuses tended to use "straight" movements, aimed at either the left or right side of the maze. In the experiments that tested for tactile discrimination, the octopuses chose to use slower "search" movements.

In the experiments that tested for proprioception, the octopuses tended to use "straight" movements, aimed at either the left or right side of the maze. In the experiments that tested for tactile discrimination, the octopuses chose to use slower "search" movements.

Date:

30 October 2020

Creator:

danielle-ellenby

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Reproduced with permission from Elsevier. Originally published 10 Sep 2020 by Current Biology in "Use of Peripheral Sensory Information for Central Nervous Control of Arm Movement by Octopus vulgaris"

Copyright OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 沖縄科学技術大学院大学). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

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