Decision making seems fundamental to intelligence, is done by animals and humans, and can be done without the use of language or logic. This is the case when so

Decision making seems fundamental to intelligence, is done by animals and humans, and can be done without the use of language or logic. This is the case when someone "decided without thinking". Decision making requires imagination or the ability to envision alternative future states that may result from various choices. Imagination is the start of abstract thinking. Consciousness results from the individual thinking abstractly about itself and how it interacts with the world.