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Monkeys' ability to reflect on their thoughts may have implications for infants, autistic children

A new study shows that monkeys have the ability to reflect about their thoughts and to assess their performance. In the future, the nonverbal tests used in this and other experiments on animal cognition can be adapted to study cognitive abilities of infants and autistic children.

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