An Islamic theocracy ravaged by economic sanctions isn't an obvious place to seek a vibrant cognitive-neuroscience research group. Yet that's what Alison Abbott found on a recent trip to Iran.
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Abbott, A. The brains trust of Tehran. Nature 435, 264–265 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/435264a
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