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A team of scientists explored this question by investigating.
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Set out to determine whether canines have a sense of self.
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Self-awareness is a rather poorly investigated area of dog cognition.
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Body awareness is a mental capacity to organize someone's action.
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Put dogs in situations that would make them aware of their body position.
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The dogs had to respond to commands from their owners.
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Researchers attached a toy to a mat and asked the dog to give the toy to its owner.
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Many of the dogs understood the issue and got off the mat.
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Body awareness is the ability to hold information about one's own body.
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This is one of the fundamental building blocks of self-representation.
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