A survey of views about infant consciousness
Neuroscience of Consciousness January 17, 2026 Claudia Passos-Ferreira, David J. Chalmers
Abstract We surveyed attendees at two leading conferences on consciousness, asking for their views on central issues concerning infant consciousness. These include questions about whether newborns are conscious, when consciousness and self-consciousness emerge, where in the brain the neural basis of infant consciousness is found, what sorts of consciousness infants may have, and how best to...