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1、MagazineR441FeatureBoomtimeforneuroscienceinChinaAdecadeafterthefoundationoftheInstituteofNeuroscienceinShanghai,theEuropehavereturnedtoChinatostartfieldenjoysrapidgrowthandcanattractyounginvestigatorsbackfromabroad.theirowngroups.OneofthemisFangMichaelGrossreports.Fang(seeQ&AonpagesR444–R446ofthisi
2、ssue),whoobtainedaPhDInacountrythatcanlookbackononlyinthepastdecadethatqualityfromtheUniversityofMinnesotafivemillenniaofculturalhistory,peopleratherthanquantityofpublicationsin2007andnowleadsagroupatliketotakethelongview.Thus,begantobeconsideredamerit.”ThePekingUniversityinvestigatingvisualMu-MingP
3、oo,thedirectoroftheChineseSocietyforNeurosciencewasperceptionusingbothpsychophysicalInstituteofNeuroscience(ION)ofthefoundedin1995.Thencametherapidandimagingmethods.ChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS)expansionphasefuelledbyeconomicPeking(orBeijing)University,basedatShanghai,celebratedtherecentgrowth:scien
4、cefundinginChinainthe20-millionmegalopoliscapitaltenthanniversaryofhisinstitutebyincreasedsteeplyinthefirstdecadeofBeijing,oneofthetopuniversitiesinrecallingearly20thcenturypioneersthenewcentury,withannualincreasesthecountry,hasverymuchthesizeandofChinesesciencesuchasDe-Peitypicallyaround20%(althoug
5、hthestructureofaWesternuniversity,withFeng,whofoundedaneurophysiology2011figureismoremodestat12.5%).around12,000undergraduates,asimilarlaboratoryatPekingUnionMedicalThustheION,foundedin1999,arrivednumberofmaster’sstudents,andoverCollegein1934,andHsiang-TongZhang,verymuchattherighttimetoserve7,000doc
6、toralstudents.ThesubjectwhosetupalabinShanghaiin1957astheflagshipofarapidlygrowingcanonisalsosimilartouniversitiesin(N.B.allChinesenamesinthisarticleresearchcommunity,whichisnowtheUS,saysFang,withtheexceptionarewrittenwiththegivennamefirst).widelyrecognisedbyobserversboththatpsychologyislessprominen
7、t.Withalltherespecthepaystotheseinsideandoutsidethecountry.Fangreceivesresearchfundingearlypioneers,however,Poohastofromthetwomajorfundingagencies,admitthat“itwasnotuntil[the]1980sAvisionthingnamelyth