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Research Oversight for Human and Animal Studies

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Research oversight protects human dignity and safety in modern science. Good research must be ethical, and researchers must show that their studies meet that standard. This idea is especially important when studies involve people or animals.

Studies with human participants follow strict rules to ...

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Nowadays, before carrying out a psychological experiment, researchers must demonstrate that their study meets a code of ethics—standards that prevent their participants from overly experiencing any physical and psychological harm.

In the United States, Institutional Review Boards or IRBs—comm...

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