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Here's an interesting paper that involves several popular Science Center exhibits as measurement instruments, the Stroop Effect, and Reading with Distraction, for example.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0071630#s3 

It's a pretty fun paper.  The results are statistically significant, the sample small, and the broad inference probably pretty minimal, it's an interesting piece of evidence.
C

Charles Carlson
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