1. Self-awareness in animals
... mirror test enables us to distinguish between those who can, and those who can't experience self-awareness, as the implications would be that any human who cannot recognise themselves in a mirror must lack self-awareness. Blind people for example, cannot recognise themselves in a mirror, yet nobody would ... when confronted with a mirror, (Wynne, 1999). Another possible area of research that could provide insight into self-awareness in animals and its relevance to human self-awareness is that which deals with the concept of a "Theory of Mind". A Theory of Mind is said to be the understa...
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