How Does Your Brain Create Your Experiences?

A preliminary model of human cognition, and what that means for your life

Photo by Robina Weermeijer on Unsplash // “Hey, it’s ME, your brain! I am you and yet a complete mystery to your conscious self… How bonkers is that?? Now, gimme more chocolate.”

In this article, I propose a model for how the human brain creates our lived experiences based on my own scouring of the literature. My interest in better understanding cognitive processes comes from a desire to consolidate my own experiences: namely, residing in…