Open Peer Commentary Heyes, C. M.: Theory of mind in nonhuman primates
Mirrors and radical behaviorism: Reflections on C. M. Heyes
Gordon G. Gallup Jr. a1 a1 Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY 12222
Abstract
Heyes's attempt to reinterpret research on primate
cognition from the standpoint of radical behaviorism is strong on
dialogue and debate but weak on evidence. Recent evidence concerning
self-recognition, for example, shows that her arguments about
differential recovery from anesthetization and species differences in
face touching as alternative accounts of the behavior of primates in
the presence of mirrors) are invalid.
