Complex Systems Lab

University of Pennsylvania

What can the pattern of connections tell us about how a brain learns or changes state? Dani Smith Bassett’s Complex Systems Lab uses network science, mathematical modeling, and neuroimaging to investigate that question. Its research treats interactions among brain regions as a system whose architecture shapes its dynamics. Selected work includes a framework for network neuroscience and an MRI study of connectivity and blood-flow changes during sedation and recovery of consciousness. The lab connects physics, engineering, and neuroscience, giving newcomers a concrete starting point for studying how structure and activity relate across the brain.