Researchers report December 5 in the journal Neuron that mice display behavior that resembles self-recognition when they see themselves in the mirror. When the researchers marked the foreheads of ...

What could possibly scare a big, powerful predator with sharp teeth and massive jaws? The answer, surprisingly, is its own ...

What do self-directed movements guided by a mirror image really tell us about self-awareness? A new essay clarifies misconceptions and shows we must expand the taxonomy of self.

But, given the monkeys quickly familiarized themselves with their mirror image, it also suggests that they don't consider their reflection to be a stranger." Ethical permission to conduct the research ...

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Mirrors were better in the past. So said my father-in-law, who lived to be 93 years old. In his last years, he grew disenchanted with the reflection staring back at him each morning. Many people think ...

It was the first time a controlled laser mark test has been done on these animals in a wild setting and strengthens the evidence from other studies that monkeys don’t recognise their own reflection.