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Re: museum visitors as experimental subjects
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Beryl Rosenthal <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:32:44 -0400
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Ouch!  In the US we are bound to regulations regarding use of human subjects, it can get dicey and complicated.  How are you defining research, subjects, and experiments?
Beryl

On Mar 29, 2011, at 2:15 AM, Diana Issidorides wrote:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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> Hello everyone,
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> I would like to know which science museums and centers have opened up the museum floor to researchers who conduct real scientific experiments with their visitors as experimental subjects.
> Science center NEMO, in the Netherlands, initiated such a program last year and would like to exchange experiences. In Europe, the Science Museum London and Science Gallery Dublin have such programs in place. What about the rest of the science center community?
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> Thanks,
> 
> Diana
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> Dr. Diana C. Issidorides
> Senior Scientist & Exhibition Developer
> Science Center NEMO
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> 1000 AK Amsterdam
> The Netherlands
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Beryl Rosenthal, PhD
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