Citation

Toda K, Platt ML. Curr. Biol. 2015; 25(2): R64-6.

Affiliation

Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: platt@neuro.duke.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.005

PMID

25602304

Abstract

A new study finds that rhesus monkeys display self-recognition behaviors toward a mirror after multimodal sensory-motor training. This finding closes a prior gap in the evolutionary continuity of animal cognition and opens new frontiers for exploring the neurobiological basis of self-awareness.

Language: en