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CSEF · 2007

Aging Memory

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals Does age affect memory? Methods/Materials Procedure: 1. Test first group, one after another 2. Previously record short video and demonstrate to my subjects 3. Test memory wi…

CSEF · 2007

Aloud or Silently? That Is the...

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if students would comprehend things better by reading aloud or by reading silently. Methods/Materials Fifty- six students were teste…

CSEF · 2007

Are There Distinct Categories of Math Ability?

Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals I am trying to identify what causes people to vary in their math ability, with the goal of developing teaching methods to target specific deficits. Math skills are tradition…

CSEF · 2007

Art or Not?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project was to find out how what people consider art compares with what is considered art by critics and art museums, and whether this consideratio…

CSEF · 2007

Backing Up Blind

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals I heard about a case in which a pedestrian, in a crosswalk was injured by a school bus. The bus driver said that she did not see the woman in the crosswalk. The woman was in…

CSEF · 2007

Can Graphology Be a Form of Biofeedback?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals My hypothesis stated that handwriting changes by mood/state of mind. The question was posed whether one can use graphology to measure and characterize a person#s state of mi…

CSEF · 2007

Can the Brain Translate Misspelled Words?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine if the brain can see a misspelled word and translate it to what it was intended to say. Methods/Materials Over a period of several…

CSEF · 2007

Capsaicin Killer

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals Our goals were to find what to drink that best cools your mouth after drinking something spicy. Methods/Materials We used a 1 to 20 scale. Materials: soda, half and half, le…

CSEF · 2007

Cell Phones and Driving Reaction Time

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if a cell-phone conversation while driving will affect reaction time. I believe that talking on a cell-phone while driving will…

CSEF · 2007

Chocolate Challenge

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals This study looks at the effect of ingesting chocolate on the ability of its participants to perform a simple mental task, addition of single digit numbers. Methods/Materials…

CSEF · 2007

CSI: The Brain: Cranium Spatial Intelligence

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find out what age group of people can recognize shapes the fastest. It would help companies, who are targeting a certain age group, know…

CSEF · 2007

Does Age Affect Short-Term Memory?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals I wanted to investigate the question if short-term memory was affected by one's age. Methods/Materials 1. An I Spy picture book; 2. A timer; 3. Test subjects (40 people divi…

CSEF · 2007

Does Birth Order Affect Personality Type?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals In my experiment I was trying to figure out if there was a correlation between birth order and personality type. I hypothesized that there was going to be a certain pattern…

CSEF · 2007

Do People's Fears Change as They Get Older?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals To prove or disprove the hypothesis that age (and gender)do effect a person's fears. Methods/Materials The first step was to compile a list of commom fears and list them on…

CSEF · 2007

Do You See What "Eye" See?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine the reliability of eyewitness testimony . In a trial, the jury needs irrefutable evidence to send someone to jail. Niether the jury…

CSEF · 2007

Do You See What I See?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective/goal of our project was to find out if, when looking at 11 optical illusions, boys saw different images than girls. We predicted that there would be 5 differen…

CSEF · 2007

Do You See What I See?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if the presentation of color words will have an affect on the subjects ability to respond correctly when asked to specify word o…

CSEF · 2007

Driving while Talking: A Dangerous Diversion?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experimentis to see if talking on a cell phone while driving impairs the ability of that driver. My hypothesis is that talking on a cell phone while drivin…

CSEF · 2007

Effects of Alcohol on Mice

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The experiment consists the measurement of a mouse intelligence while crossing a maze. I did my investigation on what alcohol can do to the human body and how mice live. I h…

CSEF · 2007

Gender and Eyewitness Identification

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals Problem Statement: The question is, are girls better eyewitnesses than boys? Hypothesis: If girls see a crime, then they're better eyewitnesses than boys. Methods/Materials…

CSEF · 2007

Gorillas in Our Midst

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if a person performing an attentionally demanding task (counting basketball bounces)would notice an obvious detail(gorilla) if it were presente…

CSEF · 2007

How Does Music Affect Us Psychologically?

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine whether or not music affects us psychologically. I believe music will either increase or decrease memory retention as well as alt…

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