Small fish passes classic self-awareness test
An international team of researchers has found a small tropical fish that is capable of passing a classic test of self-awareness. The results are published on the bioRxiv prepress server.
News tagged with self awareness
Robot NICO learning self awareness using mirrors
(Phys.org)—Self awareness is one of the hallmarks of intelligence. We as human beings clearly understand that we are both our bodies and our minds and that others perceive us in ways differently than we perceive ourselves. ...
I control therefore I am: chimps self-aware, says study
Chimpanzees are self-aware and can anticipate the impact of their actions on the environment around them, an ability once thought to be uniquely human, according to a study released Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
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Monkeys demonstrate self-awareness in computer game
(PhysOrg.com) -- It has been widely assumed that only humans are aware of their own thinking, but a new study in macaques by US scientists shows some monkeys are also self-aware.
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse found to recognize self in photograph after passing mirror test
A team of biologists at Osaka City University, working with a colleague from the University of Neuchâte, reports that a type of cleaner fish can pass the mirror test and then recognize itself in a photograph. In their paper ...
Scientists demonstrate self-awareness in fish
Mirror self-recognition (MSR) is seen as evidence for self-awareness and passing the mark test, in which animals touch or scrape a mark placed on their body in a location that can only be indirectly viewed in a mirror, is ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2022
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Creativity and community: How modern humans overcame the Neanderthals
A new study is the first-ever to identify the genes for creativity in Homo sapiens that distinguish modern humans from chimpanzees and Neanderthals. The research identified 267 genes that are found only in modern humans and ...
Evolution
Apr 21, 2021
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Research: A country's degree of gender equality can affect men's ability to recognize famous female faces
Our ability to recognize faces is a complex interplay of neurobiology, environment and contextual cues.
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2019
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Do fish recognize themselves in the mirror?
A species of fish, the cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), responds to its reflection and attempts to remove marks on its body during the mirror test—a method held as the gold standard for determining if animals are ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2019
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Dolphins beat humans, chimps at early signs of self-awareness
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the brightest mammal of them all?
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2018
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