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briandmyers  ·  3572 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Do Animals See in the Mirror?

According to this, around 20 months or so is when babies realise "that's me"

http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/05/when-self-emerges-is-that-me-in-mirror.php





birchbarkcanoe  ·  3571 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's interesting how a child passes through a stage of withdrawal between "another baby!" and "it's me!" My parents have told me that I was terrified of the full-length mirror in their bedroom for quite a long time, so this self-conscious withdrawal makes sense.