Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): at the end of the 20th century there was an emerging consensus among developmental neurobiologists that the establishment of thalamocortical connections -lrb- at about 26 weeks -rrb- is a critical event with regard to fetal perception of pain.
Output (English): by the 20th century , neurobiologists agreed that thalamocortical connections are important in relation to fetuses feeling pain.