There in discussion in the neuroscience sector about if the brain is more like sender and receiver and that consciousness in not found in the firing of neuron inside the brain. It is also speculated that the brain works holographically in fact physics seems to be indication that our whole universe is a hologram.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-holographic-principle-Does-it-mean-that-our-universe-is-a-hologram