Body size awareness matters when dogs decide whether to detour an obstacle or opt for a shortcut [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Body-awareness is one of the fundamental modules of self-representation. We investigated how body-awareness could contribute to dogs' decision making in a novel spatial problem where multiple solutions are possible.
Péter Pongrácz +4 more
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Body Size Awareness and Modular Self-Representation in Reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus): Near-Field Passability Judgments [PDF]
AnimalsBody size awareness—a component of bodily self-representation—allows animals to match their own dimensions to environmental constraints. This study tested whether reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus), a benthic ray-finned species with limited vision, can
Ivan A. Khvatov
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Hooded Crows (Corvus cornix) May Be Aware of Their Own Body Size
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Body-awareness is one of the manifestations of self-awareness, expressed in the ability of people and animals to represent their own body physical properties.
Ivan A. Khvatov +8 more
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Spatial Problem-Solving in Working Dogs: The Combined Effect of Body-Size Awareness, Social Learning and Functional Breed Selection [PDF]
AnimalsCooperative and independently working dog breeds differ in the extent of their reliance on human-given instructions; thus, they are ideal subjects for investigating dog–human interactions in a biologically relevant way.
Petra Dobos, Péter Pongrácz
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Assessment of the relationship between awareness of popular diets and body image among young women: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Journal of Health, Population and NutritionBackground Body image dissatisfaction is common among young women and has been associated with various health-related behaviors. Popular diets, often promoted through media and social platforms, are widely recognized among university students; however ...
Ayşe Nur Kahve, Ebru Bayrak
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The modal-modular model of animal self-representation: a comparative and operational framework [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyResearch on animal self-awareness has long been organized around the mirror test and related self-recognition paradigms, encouraging a binary framing of whether a given species does or does not possess self-awareness.
Ivan A. Khvatov
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Effect of mat pilates on body awareness and physical activity levels in sedentary women in emerging adulthood: a randomized controlled study [PDF]
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and RehabilitationBackground It was designed to examine the effects of mat Pilates on body awareness and physical activity levels in sedentary women during the transition to adulthood. Methods Individuals’ body awareness was assessed using the Body Awareness Questionnaire
Musa Çankaya +2 more
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External Entropy Production and Human Evolution Toward Multi-Body Life [PDF]
EntropyAncient human beings started “external entropy production” in a late stage of evolution, in addition to the internal entropy production by which energy was dissipated within the body of life, as previously described consistently with the birth of life by
Yasuji Sawada, Kenji Toma
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Ferrets (Mustela furo) Are Aware of Their Dimensions
Animals, 2023 Self-awareness is a complex phenomenon expressed as the ability of an individual to separate “self-entity” from “other entity”. One of its earliest evolutionary components is body size awareness, namely, the ability to consider the boundaries of one’s ...
Ivan A. Khvatov +2 more
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Toddlers of 18, 22 and 26 Months Old Take into Account the Limits of their Body
Экспериментальная психология, 2022 Today, most researchers recognize the fact of the multicomponent nature of the phenomenon of self-awareness. Earlier, in studies of self-awareness, both in early ontogeny in humans and in animals, the emphasis was on the visual representation ...
I.A. Khvatov
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