As mentioned in the TED talk, the nervous system of an octopus is spread throughout the body, and about 70% of nerve cells are in the eight arms. Each arm can move independently by the information processing of the peripheral nervous system. Furthermore, by exchanging information among the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system, the octopus can coordinate the arm movements and realize swimming and crawling.
[Read More]Jun Nishii is a professor at Yamaguchi Univ., JAPAN. His research interests include brain modeling, biomechanics, and skill science.
Professor, 2010
Yamaguchi University
Associate Professor, 1999
Yamaguchi University
Special Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996
RIKEN
Research Associate, 1992
University of Tokyo
PhD in Engineering, 1996
University of Tokyo
Master in Engineering, 1992
University of Tokyo