[Published]: Body ownership: A cephalopod has a sense of self

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Octopuses show advanced intelligence, which has evolved independently from our own. New research shows that these animals show multisensory body illusions strikingly similar to those found in humans and other mammals.

Curr Biol. 2025 Jul 21;35(14):R720-R722. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.025.

ABSTRACT

Octopuses show advanced intelligence, which has evolved independently from our own. New research shows that these animals show multisensory body illusions strikingly similar to those found in humans and other mammals.

PMID:40695242 | DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.025

Denise Cadete, Matthew R Longo

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