suppose your mind is the size of Earth . How big would all of its constituent parts be ?
The brain - map folk atEyewireteamed up with Visual.ly and FEI to host a Scale - Of - The - Brain infographic competition . With competition judges like Christopher Jobson ( ofColossal ) , Maria Popova ( ofBrainpickings ) and MIT neuroscientist and professional brain - mapperSebastian Seung , launching neede to be not only visually sympathetic but scientifically precise . The visualisation below , designed by Chris Whittaker and Laura White ofAshfield Healthcare Communications , and Craig Armstrong ofCreativeFusion – took first billet , but some of the runners up are pretty impressive , too . Check them out over at Visual.ly .
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