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The relationship between the brain and experience is defined by philosophical debates regarding their ontological connection, specifically whether experience can be located within the brain [1], how physical brain processing generates conscious experience [2], and whether experience is fundamentally irreducible to the physical systems of the brain [3].
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Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers argues that experience is irreducible to physical systems like the brain because it is conceivable that behaviors associated with feelings, such as hunger, could occur even in the absence of the actual feeling.
[PDF] David Chalmers, 'The hard problem of consciousness' openlearninglibrary.mit.edu 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers questions why physical processing in the brain results in a conscious inner life, specifically citing the experience of shapes and colors.