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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  Coming back to the party....
First, I'd like to point out that the article Jim posted is directly contradicted by an article that livingdustmops posted earlier. To summarize, the proposition is that newborns of species with especially helpless young, like dogs and humans, don't feel as much pain as the adults, because their nervous systems are not fully developed. I'm not really up on this issue, so I can't say if this is definitely true or definitely false. Just wanted to point out there appears to be a debate on this issue. |
I have looked into this before for other reasons.
I can't remember all the details but do remember that our nervous system is not fully mature when we are born and continues to develop over the first 2-3 years of our lives.
Sorry I am not able to add more to this
