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No evidence for self-recognition in a small passerine, the great tit (Parus major) judged from the mark/mirror test

Self-recognition is a trait presumed to be associated with high levels of cognition and something previously considered to be exclusive to humans and possibly apes. The most common test of self-recognition is the mark/mirror test of whether an animal can understand that it sees its own reflection in...

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Autores principales: Kraft, Fanny-Linn, Forštová, Tereza, Utku Urhan, A., Exnerová, Alice, Brodin, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5640729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28762195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-017-1121-7
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author Kraft, Fanny-Linn
Forštová, Tereza
Utku Urhan, A.
Exnerová, Alice
Brodin, Anders
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description Self-recognition is a trait presumed to be associated with high levels of cognition and something previously considered to be exclusive to humans and possibly apes. The most common test of self-recognition is the mark/mirror test of whether an animal can understand that it sees its own reflection in a mirror. The usual design is that an animal is marked with a colour spot somewhere on the body where the spot can only be seen by the animal by using a mirror. Very few species have passed this test, and among birds, only magpies have been affirmatively demonstrated to pass it. In this study, we tested great tits (Parus major), small passerines, that are known for their innovative foraging skills and good problem-solving abilities, in the mirror self-recognition test. We found no indication that they have any ability of this kind and believe that they are unlikely to be capable of this type of self-recognition.
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spelling pubmed-56407292017-10-26 No evidence for self-recognition in a small passerine, the great tit (Parus major) judged from the mark/mirror test Kraft, Fanny-Linn Forštová, Tereza Utku Urhan, A. Exnerová, Alice Brodin, Anders Anim Cogn Original Paper Self-recognition is a trait presumed to be associated with high levels of cognition and something previously considered to be exclusive to humans and possibly apes. The most common test of self-recognition is the mark/mirror test of whether an animal can understand that it sees its own reflection in a mirror. The usual design is that an animal is marked with a colour spot somewhere on the body where the spot can only be seen by the animal by using a mirror. Very few species have passed this test, and among birds, only magpies have been affirmatively demonstrated to pass it. In this study, we tested great tits (Parus major), small passerines, that are known for their innovative foraging skills and good problem-solving abilities, in the mirror self-recognition test. We found no indication that they have any ability of this kind and believe that they are unlikely to be capable of this type of self-recognition. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017-07-31 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5640729/ /pubmed/28762195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-017-1121-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Kraft, Fanny-Linn
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Utku Urhan, A.
Exnerová, Alice
Brodin, Anders
No evidence for self-recognition in a small passerine, the great tit (Parus major) judged from the mark/mirror test
title No evidence for self-recognition in a small passerine, the great tit (Parus major) judged from the mark/mirror test
title_full No evidence for self-recognition in a small passerine, the great tit (Parus major) judged from the mark/mirror test
title_fullStr No evidence for self-recognition in a small passerine, the great tit (Parus major) judged from the mark/mirror test
title_full_unstemmed No evidence for self-recognition in a small passerine, the great tit (Parus major) judged from the mark/mirror test
title_short No evidence for self-recognition in a small passerine, the great tit (Parus major) judged from the mark/mirror test
title_sort no evidence for self-recognition in a small passerine, the great tit (parus major) judged from the mark/mirror test
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5640729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28762195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-017-1121-7
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