The forgotten body: the emergence of conscious experiences in early life
Em: Trends in Cognitive Sciences (Letter)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.06.009.
Resumo:
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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