My first post for Brain Decoder: Do Animals Know What They Know?

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Written By maryb
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By nakhon100, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. (http://creativecommonHumans engage in metacognition - thinking about thinking- all the time. But do animals know when they know, or don't know, something? Some research points to yes in apes, monkeys, and dolphins.Read the whole story at the new Brain Decoder website: Do Animals Know What They Know?

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