The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 18 of 254
What neuroscientists agree on about the self
It would be misleading to suggest that neuroscientists speak with one voice on the self, but all the leading people in the field do seem to agree on a few key fundamentals: that higher functions of self build on and incorporate lower ones; that there is no part of the brain at which it all comes together; that there is a continuum between the human sense of self and that of the lizard, and that there is no sharp dividing line between creatures with autobiographical selves and those without.