The mirror test for animal self-awareness reflects the limits of human cognition

EPHRAT LIVNI: ‘The mirror test is often used as a way of measuring whether animals possess self-awareness. But now that a species of fish — the cleaner wasse — has also spotted its reflection, some scientists are wondering if the mirror test says more about the way humans think than how, or if, animals experience … Continue reading The mirror test for animal self-awareness reflects the limits of human cognition