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Can we detect consciousness in newborn infants?
1Center for Bioethics, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Neuron
|May 16, 2024
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Conscious experiences in infants remain poorly understood. In this NeuroView, Passos-Ferreira discusses recent evidence for and against consciousness in newborn babies. She argues that the weight of evidence from neuroimaging and behavioral studies supports the thesis that newborn infants are conscious.
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