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Minutes of Institutional Review Board Meeting
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the SAIC Cognitive Sciences Laboratory con-
vened at 1:05 and adjourning at 5:15 p.m. on January 22, 1993 held at the SAIC facilities
in Menlo Park California.
TRB Memhers Attending
Byron Wm. Brown, Jr., Ph.D.
Robin P. Michelson, M.D.
Ronald Yukio Nakasone, Ph.D.
Aloma Hyang Sue Park, Esq.
Garrison Rapmund, M.D., (Chairman)
Louis Jolyon West, M.D.
IRB Members Unable to Attend
John Hanley, M.D
Robert B. Livingston, M.D.
IRB Secretary
Earling A. DeGraff
Others in attendance were
Edwin C. May, Ph.D., SAIC/Director, Cognitive Sciences Laboratory
Thomas Albert, Ph.D., SAIC/Operations Manager
Joseph Angelo Jr, Ph.D., SAIC/Division Manager
Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D., The Lucidity Institute/President
Nevin Lantz, Ph.D., Consultant Psychologist
Deborah Arthur Ph.D., Consultant Neuroscientist
Phillip Wasserman, Ph.D., SAIC/Chief Scientist
Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D., SAIC/Research Associate
Wanda L.W. Luke, SAIC/Research Analyst
Laura Faith, SAIC/Research Associate
1.
The agenda is found at Enclosure 1. The Agenda includes a review of research progress
since the last meeting, by whichcomplianc^
approved procedures
was displayed. Agenda
deleted to conserve
time.
2.
The Board then reviewed in detail the “Protocols for the Use ofHuman Subjects” (En-
closure 2), prepared by staff of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory.
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The Board determined that the five experiments proposed in the document entitled
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“pmtorcds forusecdHuman Subjects”, represented Minimal Risk and recommended
the following changes:
(a) All Protocol Consent Forms:
(l
) All protocols consent forms should include the following t ree paragrap
.
At the conclusion of the study, you will be told the details of the analysis the
statistical outcome of your contribution, and the overall outcome of the ex
oeriment At all timesfthe confidentiality ofyour participation in this expen-
VZ^\\C^o^ctcd Your name will not be used. Reference to you m re-
r^f Mertaen, and in any pubiished resuits will be coded or m
consolidated form.
,
,
.
,
Similar research in other laboratories has shown thatt no health
volved in participating in this type of experiment This fie‘df
f
ever is deemed by some to have no scientific foundation. Some fnends or c
leafiues therefore,
S
may consider your participation to indicate a behef in the
occult Jr paranormal. While, to the knowledge of the ^tigators
_ no^one
has suffered career damage from participating in scien^
tvne we are proposing, you should realize that your credibihty with some per
sSis might be damaged ifyou should chose to reveal your participationm th
I^addhion there is no reason to believe that, having participated in studies
sLh as thS you will be able to use your abilities for specific personal gam
Occasionally! participants come to believe that they possess the capacity to
use so-called psychic skills for personal profit in risk-taking situations (e.g.,
participating in games of chance or speculative investments). Some individu-
als who have participated in experiments of this kind have acted on such as-
sumptions to their apparent disadvantage. Thus, the risk exists that you may
come to believe that you have a skill thatyou may not possess. You are advised
of this risk and warned that you assume responsibility for any assump 10
which you make about your personal skills or capabilities.
m Add to paragraph 5 in all consent forms: Storage ofall Recordspertaining toyour
contribution to this study will be locked in cabinets within the SAIC Menlo Par
facility.
Including this change paragraph 5 now reads as follows.
At the conclusion of the study, you will be told the details 0f>he analysis
t e
statistical outcome of your contribution, and the overall outcome of the ex
oeriment At all times; the confidentiality ofyour participation in this expen-
inenTwfU be protected. Your name will not be used. Reference to you m re-
cords of this*
experiment and in any published results will be coded or in
consolidated foTm. Storage of all Records plaining
this study will be locked in cabinets within the SAIC Menlo Park taci
ty.
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reviewed and Approved by the IRB before bemg mstituted.
(1)
ingdtehuman'jMrt^ripT^exceed
must be
reviewed and Approved by the IRB before bemg instated.
(d) Protocol III:
(1) Add the following information to the consent form.
.Description of DreamLight and how it will be used.
.Statement that there
is a very remote ^"uiabon from
DreamLight, possibly resulting m epileptic seizures.
Jy7
“
mu™be reviewed and approved by the IRB before bemg mstituted.
(e) Protocol IV:
health information is covered m paragraph 3t.
state ofhealth.
Only people with no medical risks is judge
byresp
volunteerform will be asked to participate.
•Delete the following-
“some subjects may experience mild discomfort during
srr
ss
SXSrS,™.w*
-r
some minor irritation due to electrode application could possibly occur.
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(f) Protocol V:
.
.
PVneTimental conditions
•Delete word “significant”;
limits defined in this protocol
University be provided to complete the file.
the Sender on Anomalous
The Board was made aware of one additional
subcontract at the University of Edinburgh
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Communication in the GtmzJeWYjo
deferred until additional doenmentatton (e.g. Con-
(see Enclosure 3). A^XS“onr«ed when the die is complete.
sent Form) is received. Ama.
the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory Director,
“n cCattss" -st Informative program presentation.
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J
/Garrison Raptnund, M.D.
Chairman
Institutional Review Board
Cognitive Sciences Laboratory
Science AppUcations International Corp.
1010 El Camino Real, Suite 3JU
Approval for SAIC*.
;ephen D. Rockwood, Ph.U.
ictor Vice President
advanced Technology and Analysis
a nnlications International Corp.,
1241 Cave Street
La Jolla, CA 92037
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ENCLOSURE 1
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