Mirror Self-Recognition in Primates: An Ontogenetic and a Phylogenetic Approach

  • Noriko Inoue-Nakamura
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Abstract

We often see a mother play with her baby while exposing it to a mirror. The baby tries to reach out its hand to its reflection in the mirror and laughs, or stares into its reflection with wonder. How does the baby recognize its reflection?.

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World Monkey Human Infant Behavioral Category Contingent Behavior Infant Chimpanzee 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Noriko Inoue-Nakamura
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  1. 1.Primate Research InstituteKyoto UniversityInuyama, AichiJapan

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