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): neurobiologists established at the end of the 20th century that a fetus could perceive pain at about 26 weeks.