Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Yay cuttlefish! Smart little smarty fins.

Let's talk about a new paper that examined self-control in the cuttlefish, with a task that's basically the cephalopod version of the marshmallow test.

Note: citations for things discussed in this video can be found in the article (linked a couple lines below).

I do have to admit an ulterior motive here: this paper/video will come up in the next Beyond Order video, as a counter example to some of Peterson's arguments.

Links
Article itself: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2020.3161
Video about this experiment at a more general level: NOVA PBS Official, Can this Cuttlefish Pass an Intelligence Test Designed for Children? youtu.be/m0CZ6quPyls
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Timestamps
0:00 Self-control in cuttlefish
0:26 Intro
5:08 Methods
10:54 Results
13:16 Discussion
16:33 Credits