We often think that a mirror simply reflects reality. In reality, it can also alter the way we see ourselves. It's not necessarily the mirror itself that "creates" an insecurity, but rather the way ...

It isn’t until about two years of age that a human being can recognize the image in the mirror as a reflection of herself. It takes time for us to pass the mirror test. And we’re pretty special in ...

Sometimes our reflections have nothing to do with us; sometimes they’re “the hide to our seek.” By Sabrina Orah Mark “The first time I looked into a mirror,” my 10-year-old son, Eli, says, “I knew it ...

Daniel Povinelli was in high school when he first read about a clever experiment, published in 1970, that showed chimpanzees—but not monkeys--can recognize themselves in mirrors. "I bought into the ...