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| Title |
Fish do not feel pain and its implications for understanding phenomenal consciousness
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| Published in |
Biology & Philosophy, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10539-014-9469-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brian Key |
| Abstract |
Phenomenal consciousness or the subjective experience of feeling sensory stimuli is fundamental to human existence. Because of the ubiquity of their subjective experiences, humans seem to readily accept the anthropomorphic extension of these mental states to other animals. Humans will typically extrapolate feelings of pain to animals if they respond physiologically and behaviourally to noxious stimuli. The alternative view that fish instead respond to noxious stimuli reflexly and with a limited behavioural repertoire is defended within the context of our current understanding of the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of mental states. Consequently, a set of fundamental properties of neural tissue necessary for feeling pain or experiencing affective states in vertebrates is proposed. While mammals and birds possess the prerequisite neural architecture for phenomenal consciousness, it is concluded that fish lack these essential characteristics and hence do not feel pain. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 94 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 24% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 6% |
| Canada | 5 | 5% |
| Australia | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Turkey | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Unknown | 45 | 48% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 77 | 82% |
| Scientists | 9 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 205 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 201 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 41 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 40 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 28 | 14% |
| Researcher | 20 | 10% |
| Other | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 29 | 14% |
| Unknown | 37 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 68 | 33% |
| Neuroscience | 16 | 8% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 12 | 6% |
| Philosophy | 10 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 41 | 20% |
| Unknown | 48 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 221. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 April 2024.
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