Tracking responses related to self-recognition: A frequency comparison of responses to mirrors, photographs, and videotapes by cotton top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus).
Publication Type: |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication: |
2001 |
Authors: |
J. J. Neiworth, S. L. Anders, R. R. Parsons |
Publication/Journal: |
Journal of Comparative Psychology |
Keywords: |
cotton-top tamarins, mirrors, photographs, self-recognition |
Abstract:
The frequency of responses cotton top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) emitted indicative of self-recognition to a mirror was compared with the frequencies of responses emitted to digitized photographs of tamarins (Experiment 1) and to videotapes of real-time or prior tamarin action (Experiment 2). Results indicated more attentional responses toward the mirror in both studies, but behavioral indices of self-recognition were not consistently generated by the mirror. The 2 experiments confirmed that real-time self-reflection is a condition that generates heightened attention and ram examples of particular mirror-specific behaviors in tamarins.