The forgotten body: the emergence of conscious experiences in early life

Published on September 6, 2024

Looking back at the emergence of consciousness in early life, one may repurpose the distinction between the ‘easy’ and the ‘hard problem’ [1]. The easy problem is when consciousness sets on in early development. By contrast, the hard problem is how conscious experiences get off the ground. Bayne et al. [2] address the easy problem while tacitly endorsing the traditional neuro-centric perspective stipulating that neural activity in the human cortex is the necessary and sufficient condition for consciousness.

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