🐙🧠 Researchers investigated how #octopus #brains use a structure called the vertical lobe to manage complex #learning and #memory.

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🧠 Researchers investigated how #octopus #brains use a structure called the vertical lobe to manage complex #learning and #memory.

The #study demonstrates convergent #evolution where two completely different species developed similar neural solutions for high-level #intelligence.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-octopus-brains-work-like-humans-or-is-there-another-way-to-be-smart/

#biology #neuroscience #science #marinebiology #nature #research #discovery #animals