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The sensorimotor foundations of bodily self-consciousness in utero

2024-02-05

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<p>In this review, we look at recent work that examines the genesis of conscious awareness in utero in humans. We focus on observable behaviours that suggest a state of anticipatory perceptual awareness evident in the foetal period, and the foetus’ first expression of agency through self-generative engagement with it. This predictive, anticipatory awareness is first evident in the prospective sensorimotor organisa...

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Literature Corpus work: 67d7caf4-5238-5a00-95bb-d4fb433566e9
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/65bfj

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