No evidence for self-recognition in a small passerine, the great tit (Parus major) judged from the mark/mirror test
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F17%3A10364652" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/17:10364652 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-017-1121-7" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-017-1121-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-017-1121-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10071-017-1121-7</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
No evidence for self-recognition in a small passerine, the great tit (Parus major) judged from the mark/mirror test
Original language description
Self-recognition is a trait presumed to be associated with high levels of cognition and something previously considered to be exclusive to humans and possibly apes. The most common test of self-recognition is the mark/mirror test of whether an animal can understand that it sees its own reflection in a mirror. The usual design is that an animal is marked with a colour spot somewhere on the body where the spot can only be seen by the animal by using a mirror. Very few species have passed this test, and among birds, only magpies have been affirmatively demonstrated to pass it. In this study, we tested great tits (Parus major), small passerines, that are known for their innovative foraging skills and good problem-solving abilities, in the mirror self-recognition test. We found no indication that they have any ability of this kind and believe that they are unlikely to be capable of this type of self-recognition.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Animal Cognition
ISSN
1435-9448
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
20
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
1049-1057
UT code for WoS article
000412948000004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85026548277