The content of a recent publication by Rachel Morrison (Psychology) was selected for a New York Times video and article. Morrison and her co-author Diana Reiss (Hunter College, City University of New York) research self-awareness in dolphins. Studying juvenile bottlenosed dolphins at the National Aquarium in Baltimore over a three year period, the researchers assessed how the dolphins interacted with their reflections in a mirror. Their work demonstrates that dolphins can recognize themselves in mirrors at earlier ages than human children or chimpanzees.
鈥溾 was published in the January issue of PLOS One. James Gorman of the New York Times produced a ScienceTake video 鈥溾 and a related New York Times article 鈥 based upon their research.
also covered their findings.