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How to measure the brain of an octopus

Scientists develop the first system to record the brain activity of a freely swimming octopus.
Ventral view portrait of a day octopus

Untethered: the brain activity of the big blue octopus (Octopus cyanea) can be measured by surgically implanting electrodes and a data logger in its body. Credit: David Fleetham/Nature Picture Library

Researchers have measured the brain activity of a freely moving octopus for the first time1.

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Nature 615, 11 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00493-4

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  1. Gutnick, T. et al. Curr. Biol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.006 (2023).

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