Cheng K. Associative learning: Box jellyfish learns to avoid bumps.
Curr Biol 2023;
33:R1000-R1001. [PMID:
37816315 DOI:
10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.025]
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Abstract
Operant conditioning - learning to do something for a desired outcome - has never been convincingly demonstrated in Cnidaria. A study now shows that box jellyfish, Tripedalia cystophora, can learn to avoid bumping into an obstacle based on visual cues.
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