Brain as a complex system, harnessing systems neuroscience tools & notions for an empirical approach
Finding general principles underlying brain function has been appealing to scientists. Indeed, in some branches of science like physics and chemistry (and to some degree biology) a general theory often can capture the essence of a wide range of phenomena. Whether we can find such principles in neuroscience, and [assuming they do exist] what those principles are, are important questions. Abstracting the brain as a complex system is one of the perspectives that may help us answer this question. While it is commonly accepted that the brain is a (or even the) prominent example of a complex system, the far reaching implications of this are still arguably overlooked in our approaches to neuroscientific questions. One of the reasons for the lack of attention could be the apparent difference in foci of investigations in these two fields -- neuroscience and complex systems. This thesis is an effort toward providing a bridge between systems neuroscience and complex systems by harnessing systems neuroscience tools & notions for building empirical approaches toward the brain as a complex system. Perhaps, in the spirit of searching for principles, we should abstract and approach the brain as a complex adaptive system as the more complete perspective (rather than just a complex system). In the end, the brain, even the most "complex system", need to survive in the environment. Indeed, in the field of complex adaptive systems, the intention is understanding very similar questions in nature. As an outlook, we also touch on some research directions pertaining to the adaptivity of the brain as well.
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