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Isabel Seliger for Noema Magazine

Inspired by unexpected and complex storytelling, Noema Magazine invited Isabel Seliger to visualize the mysteries of consciousness.
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What actually happens in the brain when we consciously experience, feel, and think? Isabel has created an illustration addressing this fascinating question, one that visualizes the search for the origin of consciousness—amid ancient brain structures, complex thoughts, and the big question of what defines our experience.