Investigating self-recognition in bonobos: mirror exposure reduces looking time to self but not unfamiliar conspecifics
The question of whether animals have some sort of self-awareness is a topic of continued debate. A necessary precondition for self-awareness is the ability to visually discriminate the self from others, which has traditionally been investigated through mirror self-recognition experiments. Although g...
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PeerJ Inc.
2020-08-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/9685.pdf |