Language Science Station at Planet Word
We do language science research and engagement with the public! Find us at the Planet Word museum in Washington D.C., and here: go.umd.edu/LanguageScienceStat…
- Our director @charlottevaughn.bsky.social has a new paper out this week, "Your Research Is Public Engagement: A Case for More Intentional Science Communication in Research With Human Subjects," in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 🎉 It's free to read! psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...
- The paper proposes the Research as Engagement Model: "All human subjects research is public engagement. Human subjects research experiments inherently communicate with participants about the researchers, the field, and science...
- Accordingly, human subjects research is an occasion to do intentional public engagement with research participants, considering each study participant not only as a datapoint but as an opportunity for meaningful interaction about science...
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View full threadThousands of interactions we've had with visitors at @planetworddc.bsky.social informed the thinking in this paper. With it, we aim to bring what we've learned at the museum to research practices in the lab and online. We're excited to start a bigger conversation about what our research can do!