Short-distance navigation in cephalopods: a review and synthesis.
This paper provides a short overview of the scientific knowledge concerning short-distance navigation in cephalopods. Studies in laboratory controlled conditions and observations in the field provide converging evidence that cephalopods use visual cues to navigate and demonstrate spatial memory. A recent study also provides the first evidence for the neural substrates underlying spatial abilities in cuttlefish. The functions of spatial cognition in cephalopods are discussed from an evolutionary standpoint.
Alves
Christelle
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Laboratoire de Physiologie du Comportement des Céphalopodes, EA 3211, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen cedex, France.
Boal
Jean G
JG
Dickel
Ludovic
L
D000818:Animals; D049830:Cephalopoda / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003463:Cues; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013037:Spatial Behavior / Q000502:physiology*