Elephants Have a Concept of Self, Study Suggests

from National Public Radio

A study titled "Self-Recognition in an Asian Elephant" has found that elephants, like humans, chimpanzees, and dolphins, recognize themselves in mirrors. Robert Siegel talks with Joshua Plotnik, a gradate student in psychology at Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center, who co-authored the study.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, October 31, 2006