Discovery News: Macaques and humans: the only self-aware animals?

By John DellaContrada

Release Date: February 25, 2011 This content is archived.

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An article in Discovery News looks at research conducted by J. David Smith, professor of psychology and cognitive science, on the self awareness of Macaque monkeys and the functional parallels to metacognition in humans.

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