http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/26/babys-first-consciousness/
Consciousness and the presence, or absence, of it is kind of trippy. Even after years of study and research, what it means to be conscious is a vague topic to people still. Scientists and authors have looked to babies to understand more. To find answers, they have asked the questions, when do babies become conscious? And, when do babies stop reacting to outside forces and begin thinking and planning out their actions based on will? Through exams and studies, a group of authors found that can happen as soon as five months into a baby's life. This is could provide many answers to aid detection of mental illnesses early in someone's life.
Maia Szalavitz, the author of this article, opens her article with a short paragraph, which happens to be a run-on sentence. Despite her rough hook, she uses many tools to help guide her audience through her article. She bases much of her article on a couple of studies on the subject of babies regarding consciousness, primarily on one that authors did on babies. Using quotes from professors appeals her her credibility, applying an appeal to authority. Though short, Szalavits provided a sufficient amount of detail and quotes to provide a good article for her audience.
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