Brain waves of an octopus during active sleep

The researchers recorded the brain activity of an octopus for 12 hours. Here, the octopus is in active sleep, a stage in which there are rapid changes in color and texture, as well as fast sucker motion.

The researchers recorded the brain activity of an octopus for 12 hours. Here, the octopus is in active sleep, a stage in which there are rapid changes in color and texture, as well as fast sucker motion.

Date:
23 February 2023
Creator:
danielle-ellenby
Credit:
This video was included in the supplementary material of the paper, “Recording Electrical Activity from the Brain of Behaving Octopus” published in Current Biology

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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