Reactions to a recent study suggesting that cleaner wrasse can pass the mirror self-recognition test (Kohda et al. in PLOS Biology, 17(2), e3000021, 2019) reveal more about scientists’ biases than about self-awareness. Scientists should base conclusions about species’ abilities based on the corpus of data on that species rather than on a single test or preconceived expectations based on phylogeny alone.
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Vonk, J. (2020). A fish eye view of the mirror test. Learning and Behavior, 48(2), 193–194. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-019-00385-6
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