title: Invertebrate neurobiology: visual direction of arm movements in an octopus.
abstract: An operant task in which octopuses learn to locate food by a visual cue in a three-choice maze shows that they are capable of integrating visual and mechanosensory information to direct their arm movements to a goal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3BU, UK. jen22@hermes.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jeremy E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Niven
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005121:Extremities / Q000502:physiology*; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D049831:Octopodiformes / Q000502:physiology*; D055698:Touch Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*