Octopus vulgaris uses visual information to determine the location of its arm

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 460-462

  Gutnick, Tamar ^a   Byrne, Ruth A ^b   Hochner, Binyamin ^a   Kuba, Michael ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LIMB; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCTOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTREMITIES; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; OCTOPODIFORMES; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS;

EID: 79952808690     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.052     Document Type: Article

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