Use of Peripheral Sensory Information for Central Nervous Control of Arm Movement by Octopus vulgaris

Tamar Gutnick*, Letizia Zullo, Binyamin Hochner, Michael J. Kuba*

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Abstract

Gutnick et al. show that octopuses use proprioceptive and tactile information from the periphery to accomplish learning tasks that entail directed control of arm movement. Using two-choice, single-arm mazes, they show that octopuses learn operant motor tasks that require the brain to use focal sensory information from a single arm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4322-4327.e3
JournalCurrent Biology
Volume30
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Nov 2020

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Keywords

  • central nervous system
  • CNS
  • octopus
  • octopus arm
  • operant learning
  • peripheral nervous system
  • PNS
  • proprioception
  • tactile learning

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