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The scientists conducted
on 54 dogs. A toy was attached to a
and each dog had to give the toy to its owner. The dog had to understand it would not be able to take the toy to its
unless it got off the mat
. Many of the dogs understood this and completed the
. The researchers said this showed a
of body awareness. They wrote that body
is, "the ability to hold
about one's own body in mind, as an explicit object, in
to other objects in the world". They called it a fundamental building
of "self-representation".
