For decades, scientists used a mirror experiment to explore whether animals could recognize themselves. In that test, ...

When drunk people look in the mirror, they often see a surprisingly attractive, witty, and basically irresistible version of themselves–a sight that helps them rally for whatever mistake is about to ...

Manta rays may be much smarter than their lumbering, undulating appearance suggests. Two of the winged fish were observed waving at themselves in mirrors and behaving in ways that hint at ...

Learn how cleaner wrasse used a mirror and even dropped food to test their reflections, a behavior linked mostly to mammals. A small reef fish may be doing something scientists once thought was ...

Daniel Povinelli was in high school when he first read about a clever experiment, published in 1970, that showed chimpanzees—but not monkeys--can recognize themselves in mirrors. "I bought into the ...

Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have found that people still find it difficult to understand how mirrors work. Dr Marco Bertamini, from the University's School of Psychology, conducted a ...