Cluster kinds and the developmental origins of consciousness

Published on March 23, 2024

There is a clue in the name. ‘Infant’ is derived from the Latin in fans (without speech). Human babies cannot report their experiences and are uncooperative (to say the least) when it comes to experimental task instructions. For these reasons, it has been difficult to establish when babies become conscious. Bayne and colleagues propose a cluster-based methodology for overcoming these issues, arguing that consciousness emerges in the last prenatal trimester [1]. We are heartily enthusiastic about this approach but consider some complications.

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