The mirror test focuses on visual cues; however, there is no reason to think that other animals only use vision to make some assessments of self. The results of studies of self-recognition are a mixed ...

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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 ...

So many of our habits, patterns of behavior, and pre-set programming are buried in our subconscious. They operate in a sort of “control room”, directing how we think, feel, and act, often times ...

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Perhaps you've already seen your reflection in the morning, eyes still half-closed, and thought, "That's not quite me...". Don't worry, you're not alone in feeling this slight discrepancy between the ...

Cleaner wrasse have revealed a remarkable new side of fish intelligence. Marked with fake parasites, they used mirrors to inspect and remove the spots—far faster than seen in earlier tests. Even more ...