Some researchers wear yellow pants, but even fewer participants read consent forms: Exploring and improving consent form reading in human subjects research

• Published in: Psychological methods Vol. 26; no. 1; p. 61
• Main Authors: Douglas, Benjamin D, McGorray, Emma L, Ewell, Patrick J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2021

Though consent forms include important information, those experienced with behavioral research often observe that participants do not carefully read consent forms. Three studies examined participants' reading of consent forms for in-person experiments. In each study, we inserted the phrase &quo...