How nervous systems evolve in relation to their embodiment: What we can learn from octopuses and other molluscs

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-30

  Hochner, Binyamin ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Embodiment; Evolution; Molluscs; Motor control; Self organization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OCTOPUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MOLLUSC; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OCTOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MOLLUSCA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OCTOPODIFORMES;

EID: 84883178736     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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