Octopus Neuroanatomy

Visual Acuity in Octopus Pallidus and Octopus Australis

Specimens of Octopus pallidus and 0. australis were trained to discriminate vertical from horizontal rectangles, vertical from horizontal gratings, and vertical and horizontal gratings from uniform grey. In the discriminations that involved gratings a conditional simultaneous discrimination procedure was used, in which the two stimuli to be discriminated were presented stationary at the two end...

Early temperamental traits in an octopus (Octopus bimaculoides).

During their 3rd week of life, 73 Octopus bimaculoides were observed to test whether discrete behaviors could be grouped reliably to reflect dimensions of temperament. Frequencies of behaviors during Week 3 were subjected to principal-components analysis (PCA), resulting in 4 components (active engagement, arousal/readiness, aggression, and avoidance/disinterest) that explain 53% of the varianc...

Correlative Neuroanatomy

Delayed Responses in Octopus

Since Hunter's (1912) original experiment with rats, it has been shown that many animals can learn to choose correctly between identical shapes even though the signal indicating the correct choice is removed before the animal is allowed to make the choice. The period during which an animal can be kept waiting after the signal has been removed and still make the correct choice varies from specie...

Octopus - Computation Agents Environment

This paper presents a platform named Octopus that facilitates the building and execution of mobile agent based applications. It presents the key ideas of how agents embed the computational task and how they cooperate to find the solution. The Octopus is presented with its key mechanisms used to sustain and execute the agents. The cornerstones of the Octopus design are described in detail, givin...