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Sensory Experiences: Exploring meaning and the senses
Danièle Dubois, Caroline Cance, Matt Coler, Arthur Paté and Catherine Guastavino
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 24] 2021
► pp. 403–437

Chapter 11
Subjects or participants?

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Article outline
  • 11.1From what is concerned to who is involved
    • 11.1.1Who are they in psychological research
      • 11.1.1.1The APA Publication manual
      • 11.1.1.2Who are they in experimental and cognitive psychology?
      • 11.1.1.3Subjects and their names in cognitive research on perception
    • 11.1.2Who are they in other scientific domains?
      • 11.1.2.1Naming who is concerned in linguistics and anthropology
      • 11.1.2.2Human, animals and otherness
  • 11.2Participants in exploring sensory experience
    • 11.2.1Identifying who they are in exploring sensory experience
      • 11.2.1.1In the visual domain
      • 11.2.1.2In the auditory domain
      • 11.2.1.3In the olfactory and gustatory domains
    • 11.2.2Selecting subjects or defining participants?
      • Sex, gender and sensory experiences
      • Age or cultural practices at different ages?
      • 11.2.2.1Previous knowledge and expertise: Who are the experts?
        • Expert in what?: Knowledges vs. experiences
        • Number of participants: Small is beautiful
    • 11.2.3Subjects + Researchers = A relation between Participants
      • 11.2.3.1Interactions between individuals as beings or agents
      • 11.2.3.2Relations between humans as socially situated agents
      • 11.2.3.3Expectations and knowledges
      • 11.2.3.4Shared expectations and intersubjective meaning
  • 11.3Where epistemological prerequisites meet ethical concerns
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 1 December 2021
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