In response to our current foray into the inconsistencies and frustrations of IRB's, I just wanted to share a recent epiphany concerning an informed consent paradox. As I was reading this blog entry<http://www.spring.org.uk/2013/02/the-one-really-easy-persuasion-technique-everyone-should-know.php> (reporting on this meta-analysis<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10510974.2012.727941>), it occurred to me that, the usual IRB disclaimer that, "you are free to withdraw at any time" might actually be manipulating people to participate in research which is obviously the opposite of the intended effect. In trying to overcome the effect of obedience to authority and the demand characteristics of the experimental situation, we may have actually made it more difficult for someone to say "no". I am considering having my students move this phrase to the top of their informed consent statements and including it in their appeals for participants. :)
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