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CSEF · 2016

Does Confidence Matter?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The object of this project was to test the effect of positive (cheering) and negative (booing) affirmations on a person's skill in sports. Methods/Materials The participant…

CSEF · 2016

Does Password Complexity Increase with Age?

Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award

Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if people's passwords get more complex with age. Methods/Materials Gathered 3 passwords from each of the 127 different people thr…

CSEF · 2016

Effects of Emotions on Test Takers

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals In our project we wanted to figure out what would be the best emotional setting for a student to take a test. Many students know they have to memorize information and stay u…

CSEF · 2016

Effects of Online vs. Printed Textbooks

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine if online or printed textbooks lead to significantly different levels of concentration and comprehension. Methods/Materials To test…

CSEF · 2016

Focus: The Effect of Media Multitasking on Memory

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) First Award

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find out how receiving and sending text messages while studying affects a person's ability to recall the studied material. My hypothesis…

CSEF · 2016

Healthy Food or Candy? Which Improves Memory?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals Can the types of food we consume while studying and testing improve the outcome of the actual test scores? Which food type proves to improve overall test scores: candy (star…

CSEF · 2016

Highlight Your Memory

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to discern which color of highlighter enhances memorization. Methods/Materials For my project I typed out three paragraphs similar in length a…

CSEF · 2016

How Does Sound Affect Your Body?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals I have always been curious about which sounds affect your body or raised your heart rate the most. I thought the more abrupt the sound was, the more your heart rate would in…

CSEF · 2016

Impact of the Power of Suggestion on Recall

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals I have wondered about the power of suggestion ever since I began hearing about cases in which people were convicted of a crime they did not commit due to #eye witness# testi…

CSEF · 2016

Is Smiling Contagious?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether smiling is contagious (to test whether smiling is passed on between people). Methods/Materials Mall, 320 random test subj…

CSEF · 2016

Light vs. Sleep

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The object of this study was to determine how different colors of light affected you while sleeping. Out of the colors (purple, green, red and white), we believed that the p…

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