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

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Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior

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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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  1. Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, 41 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi, 484-8506, Japan

    Noriko Inoue-Nakamura

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Inoue-Nakamura, N. (2008). Mirror Self-Recognition in Primates: An Ontogenetic and a Phylogenetic Approach. In: Matsuzawa, T. (eds) Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-09423-4_14

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