The psychology unit at the Chinese Academy of Sciences was renamed the “Psychology Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences”. In 1956, the Department of Psychology of Nanjing University was merged into the Psychological Laboratory. Thereafter, the name of the Laboratory was changed to its current official name, Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Shu Pan was appointed the second Director of the Institute of Psychology, Richang Cao and Zan Ding were both Deputy Directors. The Directors of the Institute of Psychology since 1977 were as follows: Lianchang Xu, Peizhi Kuang, Kan Zhang, Yufang Yang, Kan Zhang. The current Director in 2012 is Xiaolan Fu, and the Deputy Directors are Anlin Li ,Jianxin Zhang and Xianghong Sun.

Type of event: Educational Institution, Research Laboratory, or Institute

Country: China

Region: Asia and the Far East