Submitted by Daniele Campello on Wed, 18/08/2021 - 16:37
Alexandra K. Schnell, Nicola S. Clayton (Department of Psychology), Roger T. Hanlon and Christelle Jozet-Alves on research funded by the Royal Society and the Grass Foundation, found evidence that the cuttlefish memory of specific events does not deteriorate with age. The results were published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
The Episodic-like memory is preserved with age in cuttlefish was published in various media around the globe producing around 395 News stories with a total potential readership of 986,453,539. Some of the media are:
- Manuscript: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.1052
- The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/08/old-cuttlefish-have-great-memories/619785/
- Science magazine: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/humans-cuttlefish-can-form-complex-memories
- The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/18/cuttlefish-remember-details-of-their-last-meal-study-finds
- The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cuttlefish-the-frisky-mollusc-that-never-forgets-a-lover-6bq0fmr3t
- Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210817193055.htm
The Communication office has published more details about the research on the University of Cambridge page.
Reference: Schnell, A.K. et al: ‘Episodic-like memory is preserved with age in cuttlefish.’ Proceedings of the Royal Society B, August 2021. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1052
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