Maybe this is why we have pictures of family and friends in our offices and why some photographs of even unknown human are so popular.
Suzi Susan J. Shapiro Associate Professor/Psychology Indiana University East 2325 Chester Blvd. Richmond, IN 47374 (765) 973-8284 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Gary Klatsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 9:27 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: animals and their reflections It's not a reflection but it shows animals (sheep) react to photographs http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040823/full/040823-7.html Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D. Director, Human Computer Interaction M.A. Program Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky 7060 State Hwy 104W Voice: (315) 312-3474 Oswego, NY 13126 Fax: (315) 312-6330 All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. Albert Einstein Subject: Re: animals and their reflections Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote: >Tipsters: > >Some time ago we had a discussion about whether or not animals can see >themselves in a mirror, since most seem to pretty much ignore themselves in a >mirror. Quite unlike us humans who seem to enjoy seeing our reflections. > >Yesterday we adopted a kitten. He is approximately 3-1/2 months old. > >Now here is the mirror/reflection observation. We have lots of ceiling to >floor mirrors in our dining room and in the sliding closet doors in bedrooms. >Our new kitten has been observing himself quite a bit! He seems to like what >he sees. > >But here is the unfortunate thing: he has already slammed himself twice into >the dining room mirrors because in playing a game of 'chase me through the >house' he must have thought it was another room rather than a reflection! We >are going to have to be more careful that he doesn't knock himself out :-) > >But clearly, the mirror thing is really confusing him. So he is seeing >something in that mirror, but just doesn't yet understand that it is a >reflection and not a real place. Perhaps all animals learn this eventually and >so come to inhibit responses to mirror reflections to prevent continuously >slamming into them....... > >Annette > >Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. >Department of Psychology >University of San Diego >5998 Alcala Park >San Diego, CA 92110 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
