> “Since the cerebral cortex is the seat of intelligence, almost everybody thinks that it is also the seat of consciousness,” Solms writes. “I disagree; conscio

> “Since the cerebral cortex is the seat of intelligence, almost everybody thinks that it is also the seat of consciousness,” Solms writes. “I disagree; consciousness is far more primitive than that. It arises from a part of the brain that humans share with fishes. It’s interesting that he says that, but also later on says we are embodied creatures, which can be taken as meaning that consciousness arises from our full body experience, not from one particular specific location of the body.