Editing Mirror test (section)

===Disinterest===
In an MSR test, animals may not recognise the mark as abnormal, or may not be sufficiently motivated to react to it. However, this does not mean they are unable to recognize themselves. For example, in an MSR test conducted on three elephants, only one elephant passed the test, but the two elephants that failed still demonstrated behaviors that can be interpreted as self-recognition. The researchers commented that the elephants might not have touched the mark because it was not important enough to them.<ref name="scientificamerican1">{{cite web|last=Koerth-Baker|first=Maggie|date=29 November 2010|title=Kids (and animals) who fail classic mirror tests may still have sense of self|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=kids-and-animals-who-fail-classic-mirror|access-date=30 May 2013|work=[[Scientific American]]}}</ref> Similarly, lesser apes infrequently engage in self-grooming, which may explain their failure to touch a mark on their heads in the mirror test.<ref name="Suddendorf" /> In response to the question of the subject's motivation to clean, another study modified the test by introducing child subjects to a doll with a rouge spot under its eye and asking the child to help clean the doll. After establishing that the mark was abnormal and to be cleaned, the doll was put away and the test continued. This modification increased the number of self-recognisers.<ref name="Asendorpf">{{cite journal |doi=10.1037/0012-1649.32.2.313 |last1=Asendorpf |first1=J. B. |last2= Warkentin|first2=V. |last3=Baudonniere|first3=P. |title=Self-awareness and other-awareness II: Mirror self-recognition, social contingency awareness, and synchronic imitation |journal=Developmental Psychology |volume=32 |pages=313–321 |year=1996 |issue=2 |s2cid=21762291 |citeseerx=10.1.1.524.8664 }}</ref>