Friday 9 January 2015

Monkeys can learn to see themselves in the mirror

Date:
January 8, 2015

Source:
Cell Press

Summary:
Unlike humans and great apes, rhesus monkeys don't realize when they look in a mirror that it is their own face looking back at them. But, according to a new report, that doesn't mean they can't learn. What's more, once rhesus monkeys in the study developed mirror self-recognition, they continued to use mirrors spontaneously to explore parts of their bodies they normally don't see.


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