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.
