A variety of measures have examined whether animals have selves, and what kinds of selves they might be. The most commonly mentioned measures are tests involving mirror self-recognition. Professor Mitchell will discuss the various animals that have been tested via mirrors as well as other measures of the self in animals, focusing on the sensorial basis of self-perception. The findings from various tests of self-recognition and self-awareness are more complicated than their usual presentation indicates, and he hopes to engage listeners with these complications.
