It tests for an understanding of reflection. The whole field is self-confused..." In his book Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel he writes, "All the mirror test shows is whether an animal ...

You raise your right hand and your reflection raises its left. But the top of your head still points up, and your feet still point down. Your brain is playing tricks.

I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror. I shower and do my hair and makeup in front of a vanity mirror, then get dressed with the help of my full-length mirror. I have three mirrors in my ...