Significant advancements have been made in the treatment of psychotic disorders, yet current pharmacotherapy remains inadequate. Symptoms related to the misinterpretation of reality are crucial for diagnosis but pose challenges for preclinical research. In humans, a Mirror-Gazing test is used to examine abnormal self-experience and to predict the risk of schizophrenia. To address this, we developed a task to evaluate anomalous subjective experiences in rats using a Mirror-Preference test. …