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Learning and the dorsal basal lobe in the Octopus
Author(s) -
Parriss J. R.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.901250102
Subject(s) - octopus (software) , biology , dorsum , lobe , basal (medicine) , lesion , anatomy , neuroscience , pathology , endocrinology , medicine , insulin , physics , quantum mechanics
Lesions were made in the dorsal basal lobe of the Octopus. The size and the region of these lesions were related to the animals' capacity to learn a simple visual discrimination and to the level of attack maintained during training. No significant relationship was found between the discrimination scores and the size of the lesion but there was evidence that the position of the lesion influenced discrimination.