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Weight Discrimination by Octopus

Wells, M. J.·1961·Journal of Experimental Biology
DOI 10.1242/jeb.38.1.127
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ABSTRACT Blinded octopuses can readily be trained to discriminate by touch between objects differing in texture. They seem unable to discriminate between similar objects differing only in weight. The relevance of this to what is already known about the use of proprioceptive information in learning by Octopus is discussed.

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  1. Wells, 1956, Tactile discrimination and the behaviour of blind Octopus, Pubbl. Staz. zool. Napoli, 28, 94

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Authors
Wells, M. J.
Affiliations
University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
Wells, M. J.
ORCID
Wells, M. J.
Venue
Journal of Experimental Biology
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
Published
1961-03-01
Volume
38
Issue
1
Pages
127-133
ISSN
  • 0022-0949 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9145
DOI
10.1242/jeb.38.1.127
OpenAlex
W2152717332
Cited by
29
References
4
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1
FWCI
9.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ (vor)
Locations
Journal of Experimental Biology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
Keywords
octopus, weight discrimination, texture discrimination, tactile discrimination, proprioception, learning, object recognition

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