New research on octopuses sheds light on memory

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The octopus learns to avoid attacking a red ball because he gets a mild electric shock. Credit: Hebrew University photo
The octopus learns to avoid attacking a red ball because he gets a mild electric shock. Credit: Hebrew University photo

Research on octopuses has shed new light on how our brains store and recall memory, says Dr. Benny Hochner of the Department of Neurobiology at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Why octopuses?


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