#Jellyfish shown to learn from past experience for the first time https://phys.org/news/2023-09-jellyfish-shown.html

Associative #learning in the #BoxJellyfish #Tripedalia cystophora https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01136-3

"#CaribbeanBoxJellyfish can learn at a much more complex level than ever imagined—despite only having one thousand #NerveCells and no centralized #brain."

Jellyfish shown to learn from past experience for the first time

Jellyfish are more advanced than once thought. A new study from the University of Copenhagen has demonstrated that Caribbean box jellyfish can learn at a much more complex level than ever imagined—despite only having one thousand nerve cells and no centralized brain. The finding changes our fundamental understanding of the brain and could enlighten us about our own mysterious brains.

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