The Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences is a multi-disciplinary research institute, internationally active in the fields of complexity science and neuroscience

Neuroscience

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...

. The center is located in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science is an academic college of Florida Atlantic University located in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. The mission of the college "is to provide the benefits of scientific understanding to our students and the public through teaching, research and service." The dean of...

, Florida. This center was founded by J. A. Scott Kelso

J. A. Scott Kelso

J. A. Scott Kelso is a neuroscientist, and Professor of Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Professor of Psychology, Biological Sciences and Biomedical Science at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida and The University of Ulster in Derry, N...

 in 1985.
The mission of the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences is to understand the principles and mechanisms underlying complex behavior on levels from molecules to people and their interactions.