Richter J
Forschungstelle für Geschichte der Sexualwissenschaft der Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V, Berlin, Germany.
Brain Res Bull. 2000 Aug;52(6):445-57. doi: 10.1016/s0361-9230(00)00294-x.
International associations of scientists, set up to organize cooperative scientific investigations in an international scope and to lay down global binding standards of research, are of great and still growing importance for the advancement of science. This was also recognized at the beginning of the 20th century by the community of researchers in basic and clinical neurological sciences, who created their first international organization following the trend initiated by scholars in astronomy and geophysics. Thus, the so-called "Brain Commission" of the International Association of Academies was founded in 1903 and was active until the outbreak of the First World War. The Brain Commission had no successor for nearly half a century, until the "International Brain Research Organization" (IBRO) was founded in 1961. Although the Brain Commission could exert an impact on neurosciences only for one decade, this international scientific association inspired and promoted the foundation of a series of Brain Research Institutes, which in part still exist in Europe, and long-lasting innovations in the neurosciences.
为在国际范围内组织合作性科学研究并制定具有全球约束力的研究标准而设立的国际科学家协会，对科学的进步具有重大且仍在不断增长的重要性。20世纪初，基础和临床神经科学领域的研究人员群体也认识到了这一点，他们顺应天文学和地球物理学领域学者发起的潮流，创建了首个国际组织。于是，国际科学院协会的所谓“大脑委员会”于1903年成立，并一直活跃到第一次世界大战爆发。大脑委员会在近半个世纪里都没有继任者，直到1961年“国际脑研究组织”（IBRO）成立。尽管大脑委员会仅在十年间对神经科学产生了影响，但这个国际科学协会激发并推动了一系列脑研究所的建立，其中部分研究所在欧洲仍然存在，同时也推动了神经科学领域的持久创新。
