Self-consciousness/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Self-consciousness.

The ability to become the object of one's own attention.[1]

  1. Anderson JR, Gallup GG (2011). "Which primates recognize themselves in mirrors?". PLoS Biol 9 (3): e1001024. DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001024. PMID 21390247. PMC PMC3046971. Research Blogging[e]