{"schema_version":1,"experiment_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp11_mechanism_context_external20_20260804","research_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp11_external_scrutiny_20260804","cell_id":"negative_space_design__sociology_anthropology","opaque_id":"negative_space_design__sociology_anthropology__A","search_lanes":{"direct_problem":{"queries":["community deliberation facilitation silence wait time after question participants think interpreter","research group discussion response latency turn taking participation inequality deliberation","gender inequality interruptions speaking authority deliberation randomized experiment"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null},"closest_prior_art":{"queries":["facilitator guide silent reflection before discussion community meeting","site:liberatingstructures.com 1-2-4-all silent self-reflection one minute participation","facilitation wait time silence public deliberation official guide community engagement"],"source_ids":["SRC3","SRC4","SRC5","SRC6","SRC8"],"no_result_note":null},"historical_terminology":{"queries":["nominal group technique original study silent generation balanced participation primary research","facilitation wait-time silence after questions deliberative discussion","circle of stories democratic dialogue silence reflection facilitator"],"source_ids":["SRC3","SRC5","SRC8"],"no_result_note":null},"products_practices_standards":{"queries":["Liberating Structures 1-2-4-All silent individual reflection participation distribution","official accessible meetings avoid overlapping voices pause interpreters","government facilitation job aid silent reflection before group decision"],"source_ids":["SRC5","SRC6","SRC7"],"no_result_note":null},"non_english_regional":{"queries":["manual facilitación tiempo para reflexionar silencio antes de responder participación","guía diálogo democrático respetar momentos de silencio facilitador América Latina"],"source_ids":["SRC8"],"no_result_note":null},"composition_subproblems":{"queries":["community meeting prompt silence equal participation facilitator interpreter wait time","silent reflection before decision viewpoint diversity domination facilitator","protected pause after question versus round robin participation"],"source_ids":["SRC3","SRC4","SRC5","SRC6","SRC7","SRC8"],"no_result_note":null}},"sources":[{"source_id":"SRC1","title":"Gender Inequality in Deliberation: Unpacking the Black Box of Interaction","url":"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/gender-inequality-in-deliberation-unpacking-the-black-box-of-interaction/7C72D50D31CEC1330B58F0BDA4F9084B","publisher":"Cambridge University Press, Perspectives on Politics","date_or_year":"2014","source_type":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","language":"English","claims_supported":["A large randomized deliberation experiment found that decision rules and group composition shaped speaking dynamics and deliberative authority.","Women in the studied minority condition experienced a negative balance of interruptions, associated with reduced influence, supporting the broader problem of unequal conversational access and influence."]},{"source_id":"SRC2","title":"Authority and Deliberative Moments: Assessing Equality and Inequality in Deeply Divided Groups","url":"https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/555/","publisher":"University of Westminster Press, Journal of Deliberative Democracy","date_or_year":"2017","source_type":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","language":"English","claims_supported":["Analysis of discussions between Brazilian slum residents and police officers found that authority sources shaped reciprocal and hierarchical interaction.","The findings support status pressure as a plausible contributor to unequal deliberation, while also showing that authority is not invariably dominating."]},{"source_id":"SRC3","title":"Facilitating Deliberative Discussions","url":"https://pressbooks.palni.org/publicspeakinganddemocraticparticipation/chapter/facilitating-deliberative-discussions/","publisher":"PALNI Pressbooks, Public Speaking and Democratic Participation","date_or_year":"undated; 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The duration, comparative effect, moderators, and adverse interpretations remain falsifiable.","contrastive_claim_falsifier":"Falsify the incremental claim if preregistered comparable prompts show no improvement in contribution distribution or new viewpoint coverage over ordinary facilitation, if round-robin performs better, or if confusion, coercion, delayed correction, or accessibility burdens cross the preset halt threshold.","confidence":"MODERATE","search_limitations":"The eight-source bounded search covered direct evidence, older wait-time and silent-generation terminology, current methods and official guidance, Spanish regional terminology, and component combinations. It was not an exhaustive database, patent, legal, or adoption-prevalence search; only Spanish represented non-English terminology, and the search cannot quantify how routinely each practice is implemented rather than recommended."},"researchability_gates":{"externally_supported_problem":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"Primary studies establish unequal interruption and authority dynamics in deliberation, and setting-specific guidance independently recognizes unequal formulation time, attempted entries, and domination. 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Preregister a small crossover feasibility pilot using comparable prompts under ordinary facilitation, a declared 45-second interval, and round-robin; designate contribution distribution and new viewpoint categories as primary outcomes; record attempted entries and time to provisional decision; survey the meaning of silence; preserve urgent-correction and accessible-response channels; and use feasibility estimates to determine whether a larger study is warranted.","world_novelty_boundary":"This bounded public-web search finds that the core protected-silence intervention is established facilitation practice. It cannot establish world novelty, patentability, freedom to operate, market size, routine-use prevalence across all settings, or realized impact; only the specified comparative causal claim remains open."}