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Consciousness is linked to brains as the intrinsic nature of the matter found within them [1], [2], and as a phenomenon that manifests or is elaborated upon within complex brain structures [3], [4].

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The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Frontiers in Psychology 1 fact
perspectiveThe author proposes that endowing experience with meaning is a serious contender for explaining why consciousness evolved and why it was elaborated further in brains like those of humans.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact
claimAssuming the falsity of dualism, the intrinsic nature of the matter found in brains or whole organisms is consciousness-involving.