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Cognitive abilities like planning and reality monitoring develop late in children and are not universal in animals. Clarifying these concepts is crucial for understanding the evolution of conscious vision.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology
Evolutionary Biology

Background:

Higher-order cognitive functions, including reasoning about occluded objects, reality monitoring, and planning, emerge late in human development.
These complex cognitive capacities are not universally observed in other terrestrial animal species.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically evaluate the conceptual framework proposed by F&M regarding cognitive abilities and conscious vision.
To address potential misunderstandings in defining concepts essential for the evolution of conscious vision.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of existing research on cognitive development and evolutionary biology.
Comparative analysis of cognitive capacities across species.

Main Results:

Late development of planning and reality monitoring in children highlighted.
Limited evidence for universal presence of these advanced cognitive functions in non-human animals.

Conclusions:

The proposal by F&M requires precise delineation of terms like 'planning' and 'reality monitoring'.
Clearer definitions are necessary to accurately assess the evolutionary trajectory of conscious vision and its underlying cognitive prerequisites.