Chimpanzees: Self-Recognition

1970/01/02 by Gordon G. Gallup · 18 citations
Neuroscience · #Memory and Neural Mechanisms

paper · doi:10.1126/science.167.3914.86

openalex publication_date 1970/01/02 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

Abstract

After prolonged exposure to their reflected images in mirrors, chimpanzees marked with red dye showed evidence of being able to recognize their own reflections. Monkeys did not appear to have this capacity.

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