The neural code is sufficiently spatially and temporally smooth with respect to neural activity to enable meaningful neuroscientific recording on a large, coarse whole-brain scale, such as fMRI and EEG. We investigate the structural and functional connectome using methods from applied topology, namely persistent homology. We reveal differences in the white matter structural connectome in schizophrenia using the publicly available COBRE dataset. We also develop a method for exploring dynamic functional connectomics in fMRI which enables analysis and the derivation of brain states from a single recording and a single trial, whereas traditional fMRI analysis techniques rely on averaging over trials and subjects, disregarding individual idiosyncrasies. Finally, we explore questions of visual perception and appreciation of art in an experiment measuring EEG, eye movement, as well as conscious perception/appreciation of abstract paintings generated by both a human artist and by BigGAN.