Participant Involvement in Cognitive Research Design: A Perspective on Who Sets the Questions

Authors

  • Josephine Lavernhe Centre for Participant Involvement, Argonne Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Sainte-Menehould, France Author
  • Chrystalla-An Fotiou-Cha Centre for Neuroethics, Athalassa Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Aglantzia, Cyprus Author
  • Boglarka-A Erdody Centre for Research Practice, Sarret Centre for Brain and Behaviour, Szeghalom, Hungary Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22677704

Keywords:

Participant Involvement in Cognitive Research Design; Cognitive neuroscience; Neurofeedback; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

Participant Involvement in Cognitive Research Design has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a wider
community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull
together the current evidence for participant involvement in cognitive research design, covering the methodological, practical,
regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers are still
largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than
either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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