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A new era in human-subjects regulation

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New regulations for research that involves human subjects deregulate much ordinary social and behavioural science research. The new rules support greater flexibility for researchers and institutional review boards, while affording the greatest protection for research participants.

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This Comment is based on a February 2017 newsletter item for the National Academy of Sciences Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences that S.T.F. chairs, and is adapted with permission of the Board Director, B. Wanchisen.

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  1. Susan T. Fiske is in the Department of Psychology, Peretsman-Scully Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.,

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  2. Jeanne Rivard works with the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington DC 20001, USA.,

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Fiske, S., Rivard, J. A new era in human-subjects regulation. Nat Hum Behav 1, 0091 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0091

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