Graziano Fiorito
Research interests: behavioral biology, evolution and function of neural structures; cephalopods, mainly octopus
Most relevant publications:
Borrelli, L. & Fiorito, G. 2008. Behavioral Analysis of Learning and Memory in: Cephalopods. In: Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference (Menzel, R. Volume Editor; Byrne, J. Chief Editor). Elsevier, UK. February 2008.
Grimaldi, A., Agnisola, C. & Fiorito, G. 2007. Using ultrasound to estimate brain size in the cephalopod Octopus vulgaris Cuvier in vivo. Brain Research, 1183: 66-73
Barbato, B., Bernard, M., Borrelli, L. & Fiorito, G. 2007. Body patterns in cephalopods. ‘‘Polyphenism’’ as a way of information exchange. Pattern Recognition Letters 28: 1854–1864
Borrelli,L., Gherardi,F. & Fiorito,G. 2006. A Catalogue of Body Patterning in Cephalopoda. Napoli, Italy: Stazione Zoologica A. Dohrn; Firenze University Press.
Hochner, B., Shomrat, T & Fiorito, G 2006. The octopus: a model for a comparative analysis of the evolution of learning and memory mechanisms. Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole) 210: 308-317.
Sumbre, G., Fiorito, G, Flash, T & Hochner, B 2006. Octopuses use a human-like strategy to control precise point-to-point arm movements. Current Biology 16: 767-772.
Sumbre, G., Fiorito, G, Flash, T & Hochner, B 2005. Motor control of flexible octopus arms. Nature 433: 595-596.
Hochner, B., Brown, E R, Langella, M, Shomrat, T & Fiorito, G 2003. A learning and memory area in the octopus brain manifests a vertebrate-like long-term potentiation. Journal of Neurophysiology (Bethesda) 90: 3547-3554.
Sumbre, G., Gutfreund, Y, Fiorito, G, Flash, T & Hochner, B 2001. Control of octopus arm extension by a peripheral motor program. Science: 293, 1845-1848.
Fiorito, G. & Scotto, P 1992. Observational learning in Octopus vulgaris. Science 256: 545-547.