The monkey in the mirror Hardly a stranger PNAS

Monkey In A Mirror. Monkey looking at mirror hires stock photography and images Alamy Humans, the great apes and, probably, dolphins share an intellectual skill unusual in the animal world: they recognize their own reflections in a mirror The monkeys, in whom Populin had implanted electrodes for an unrelated study, seemed to be using mirrors to help groom the areas around the implant.

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In the wild, they live in complex and varied societies in which they use tools, take herbal medicines, wheel and deal, deceive, practice power politics and sexual. But just how close are these similarities? As it turns out, the world of primates is an astonishing reflection of our own behavior

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To find out whether monkeys can be trained to recognize their own reflections, Neng Gong and his team at the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences placed rhesus macaques in front of a mirror. Abstract It is widely assumed that monkeys see a stranger in the mirror, whereas apes and humans recognize themselves The monkeys, in whom Populin had implanted electrodes for an unrelated study, seemed to be using mirrors to help groom the areas around the implant.

Monkey checks out its reflection with a mirror in India Daily Mail Online. Humans, the great apes and, probably, dolphins share an intellectual skill unusual in the animal world: they recognize their own reflections in a mirror 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.

Can Monkeys Learn to Recognize Themselves in the Mirror? Live Science. Most monkeys, on the other hand, ignore facial markings They keep mirrors in the monkey cages just to stimulate the animals, and they noticed that the monkeys started spending a lot of time looking at themselves in the mirrors after surgery.