OCTOPUSES DOMAIN-GENERAL COGNITION

According to the American Psychological Association, domain-general cognition is considered as intelligence or speed of information processing that influences performance in various tasks and situations. In the case of Octopuses, their intelligence is the key to their survival as observed by scientists. Professor Jennifer Mather wrote in a 2019 article for Animal Sentience that the actions of Octopuses can be domain-general, with flexible problem-solving strategies, enabling them to survive “by their wits” in a challenging and variable environment.