• umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    this is very interesting but how the fuck did they figure this out? i skimmed the article and its vague on what would be the coolest details.

    • Poogona [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      One common test is the famous "mirror test" where an animal is given some problem that can only be solved by using its own reflection in a mirror for reference, such as a study involving an Australian ant. They put a blue dot made of felt (I think) on the ant's head behind the antennae, and watched the ant clean itself once it saw that it's reflection had a weird blue thing on its head. But I don't know if there are other tests for "self awareness"