Source: Bert de Tilly, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Since the 1970s, scientists have employed the mirror test as an assay of self-awareness. If an animal or child ...

Gorillas may have greater self-awareness than scientists previously thought. A new study finds that gorillas perform just as ...

Awareness, especially self-awareness, is very difficult to study. Self-awareness evolved among our animal ancestors and is found in their descendants today. Its presence can be detected using the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. We all have found ourselves in the middle of an argument with ...

Some fish can recognize their own faces in photos and mirrors, an ability usually attributed to humans and other animals considered particularly brainy, such as chimpanzees, scientists report. Finding ...

The path to leadership excellence is challenging and rewarding, requiring a deep understanding of oneself and the impact one has on others. The essence of leadership profoundly resonates with the ...

Humans are well known for looking in the mirror and responding to their reflections. Interestingly, scientific research has revealed that it is a rare trait among animals, with only a few species ...

Adélie penguins seem to have passed a portion of the mirror test, in which animals that see their reflection in a mirror appear to recognise that they are seeing themselves and not another individual.

IN A robotics lab on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, New York, three small humanoid robots have a conundrum to solve. They are told that two of them have been given a “dumbing pill” that stops ...

Note: I originally published a version of this column around six years ago. However, it seemed amazingly apropos with the recent explosion of Artificial Intelligence technology. I’ve made some minor ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...

We often try hard to stay connected to others (e.g., to friends and family). But how do we stay connected to ourselves? Self-connection is a new, important concept. Let's dig deeper into a recent ...