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Social responding to mirrors in rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ): Effects of changing mirror location
Author(s) -
Suarez Susan D.,
Gallup Gordon G.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350110305
Subject(s) - rhesus macaque , psychology , context (archaeology) , mirror neuron , social contact , macaque , nonhuman primate , cognitive psychology , communication , social psychology , developmental psychology , neuroscience , biology , virology , evolutionary biology , paleontology
Two rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ) with a lifetime of continuous exposure to mirrors showed a dramatic and reliable reinstatement of social behavior directed toward the mirror when it was simply moved to a new location. These data are discussed in the context of repeated failures to find self‐recognition in monkeys and several recent claims that a cessation of social behavior directed toward mirrors can be used as evidence for the beginning of self‐recognition in nonhuman primates.