The mirror test, developed in 1970 by evolutionary psychologist Gordon Gallup, State University of New York, is used to test whether or not an animal possesses the ability of visual self-recognition.

As such, the mirror self-recognition test is considered the gold standard when determining whether an animal or individual possesses self-awareness.

The mirror self-recognition (MSR) test was in part tabled by Charles Darwin but officially developed in 1970 by US psychologist Gordon Gallup Jr, to measure non-human animal visual self-awareness.

Home Self People Who Pass This 30-Second Quiz Have Superior Visual Recognition Skills Only the quickest thinkers can pass this visual test in 30 seconds.

It's one of the most widely used to measure physiological and cognitive self-awareness. Hepper shared this about which animals have been able to pass a mirror test, other than humans.

Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists at UCL.

How do you ask a wolf if it is self-aware? In a new study, grey wolves pass the Sniff Test for Self-Recognition, demonstrating their awareness of "self" and "other." ...