Self-awareness cannot be fully tested, it can only be inferred from behavior. We don't even know if other human beings are self-aware (see philosophical zombies), we trust it and infer from their behavior (I am self-aware --> other people behave similarly to me --> they are self-aware). Self-awareness is a buzzword in cognitive science that isn't epistemologically substantive enough to conduct definitive research.
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Self-awareness cannot be fully tested, it can only be inferred from behavior. We don't even know if other human beings are self-aware (see philosophical zombies), we trust it and infer from their behavior (I am self-aware --> other people behave similarly to me --> they are self-aware). Self-awareness is a buzzword in cognitive science that isn't epistemologically substantive enough to conduct definitive research.