Self-recognition in an Asian elephant

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 45, 2006, Pages 17053-17057

  Plotnik, Joshua M ^a   De Waal, Frans B M ^a   Reiss, Diana ^b,c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d New York Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Empathy; Intelligence; Mirror self recognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTRUISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DOLPHIN; ELEPHANT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33750934180     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608062103     Document Type: Article

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