#22 Diana Reiss on Understanding Mirror Self-Recognition in Dolphins, Dispelling the Fallacy of Human Cognitive Uniqueness, and Advocating for Animal Welfare

Diana Reiss is a cognitive psychologist and one of the world’s leading researchers on animal cognition and consciousness. Best known for her groundbreaking work demonstrating mirror self-recognition in dolphins – a discovery that challenged long-standing assumptions about human cognitive uniqueness, Reiss has spent decades studying how dolphins and other animals think, communicate, and understand themselves, while also translating this science into advocacy for animal welfare and conservation.

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