HDTV reveals brainy octopus has no personality - New Scientist

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HDTV reveals brainy octopus has no personality
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[SIZE=-1]Gloomy octopuses (Octopus tetricus) reacted to films shown on liquid crystal high definition television (HDTV) as if they were seeing the real thing, ...[/SIZE]
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[DWhatley]

Very cool (in spite of the title). They have succeeded finding a way to use video to get octopuses to respond to what they see as if seeing the actual thing using HD. Now Haggs needs to figure out how to get an HD display in situ

 

[monty]

This is particularly interesting to me because a liquid crystal TV will look very weird to a ceph's polarization sensitivity.

 

[DWhatley]

I wonder if they took into consideration that octos are not hungry all the time. I would expect them to react the same way toward a video crab if they were hungry and if they ultimately got to hunt another identical looking crab to satisfy their hunger.

Here is slightly more on the personality study, concluding they have "episodic personality". I also found a worth reading octopus summary that mentions in situ personality observations by ceph researcher Jennifer Mather.

 

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Octopus is the Jekyll and Hyde of the ocean - Oneindia


Octopus is the Jekyll and Hyde of the ocean
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[Nancy]

If this definition of personality were applied to humans, I know some who would have no personality!

Nancy