A study suggests that our more primitive primate relatives are capable of self-awareness.

A study of monkeys trained to play computer games has shown it is not just humans who feel self-doubt and uncertainty, the BBC reported.

US scientists found that macaques often "pass" rather than risk choosing the wrong answer in brainteaser tasks.

Awareness of our own thinking was believed to be a uniquely human trait. But the study, presented at the AAAS meeting in Washington DC, suggests that our more primitive primate relatives are capable of self-awareness. （點(diǎn)擊BBC網(wǎng)站查看原文）

猴子似人類會(huì)自我懷疑

???????據(jù)英國(guó)廣播公司報(bào)道，研究表明，在訓(xùn)練猴子玩電腦游戲時(shí)，它表現(xiàn)出同人類相似的特性，即自我懷疑和猶豫不定。

???????美國(guó)科學(xué)家研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，獼猴在遇到難題時(shí)會(huì)選擇“過”（放棄這一題）而不是冒險(xiǎn)選擇錯(cuò)誤的答案。

???????我們?cè)日J(rèn)為這一特性是人類特有的。但在美國(guó)科學(xué)促進(jìn)學(xué)會(huì)會(huì)議上提交的這份研究表明，與我們?nèi)祟愊嗨频撵`長(zhǎng)類動(dòng)物也具備這種自我意識(shí)。