Inside the mind of a newborn baby | Claudia Passos Ferreira

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🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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What if newborn babies are more aware than we ever imagined? Philosopher and psychologist Claudia Passos Ferreira shares groundbreaking neuroscience showing that newborn babies — and possibly even late-term fetuses — may consciously experience their world, transforming how we understand the very beginning of life.

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