Conscious vision in fish.

Authors

Eva Jablonka, Avraham Englander

Published in

The Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 49. Pages e177. Jun 25, 2026. Epub Jun 25, 2026.

Abstract

We challenge Fleming and Michel's arguments that aquatic animals do not have conscious vision. Focusing on fish, we suggest - on the basis of what we know about their cognition and evolution - that most fish are likely to have conscious vision, which evolved well before the transition to a largely terrestrial habitat. We end by clarifying the difference between our model-based, learning-driven view of the evolution of animal consciousness and Fleming and Michel's view.

PMID:
42342597
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 25 Jun 2026.

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