Mirror Test Shows Magpies Aren’t So Bird-brained<\/a>” – New Scientist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you look in the mirror, you instantly recognize the person gazing back at you as yourself. Scientists use this reflection recognition as a test of self-awareness. The idea is that our ability to recognize ourselves underlies other higher cognitive functions. Until recently only great apes and some other big-brained mammals such as dolphins and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5610,652],"tags":[167,571,1409],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news","category-neuroscience","tag-birds","tag-brain","tag-self-awareness"],"yoast_head":"\n
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