Mirror Self‐Recognition Beyond the Face
- 6 February 2006
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Child Development
- Vol. 77 (1) , 176-185
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00863.x
Abstract
Three studies (N=144) investigated how toddlers aged 18 and 24 months pass the surprise-mark test of self-recognition. In Study 1, toddlers were surreptitiously marked in successive conditions on their legs and faces with stickers visible only in a mirror. Rates of sticker touching did not differ significantly between conditions. In Study 2, toddlers failed to touch a sticker on their legs that had been disguised before being marked. In Study 3, having been given 30-s exposure to their disguised legs before testing, toddlers touched the stickers on their legs and faces at equivalent levels. These results suggest that toddlers pass the mark test based on expectations about what they look like, expectations that are not restricted to the face.Keywords
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