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ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Most Chinese characters are phonograms, consisting of a semantic radical and a phonetic radical. Some phonetic radicals create many phonograms to form a large neighborhood, while others don'…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This project measured implicit bias in high school students. I collected data by administering 903 surveys. Minority candidates scored overall approval ratings that were ~.3 points higher th…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The study examines the unofficial urban names used by the residents of Maunula, a suburban area in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Moreover, the study touches upon the etymology and sosio-…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The problem of research arises from remote education – Aprendo en Casa (I learn at Home), in the area of Social Sciences, taking into account the curricular educational competence "Builds hi…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Solving various social problems—such as environmental pollution and epidemics—requires the majority of the community members to pursue behavioral change. The type of behavior adopted is dete…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for teenagers. Depressed teens feel obligated to deal with these serious issues by themselves to avoid burdening those around them and keep quiet…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to see if there are statistical trends that exist with student’s GPAs before and after COVID-19. Deidentified data was collected from the Monte Vista School…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The notable increase in workplace injuries in industrial workshops and factories in Palestine, and the growing percentage of human lives that are lost in such environments due to non-commitm…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In the world today many children with autism or Asperger struggle with atypical eating that will follow them into their adult lives. It is hypothesized that being able to taste Phenylthiocar…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Visual tracking is an important skill to have to be successful in any sport. However, in baseball, the eyes play a vital role in the success of players. A fastball thrown by a pitcher will r…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
In Zimbabwe, only 19% of female students graduate from STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects, compared to 39% of male students. This project unveils the barriers…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mental health challenges, especially depression, are a major issue that impacts people globally. Combined with the prevalent use of social media, this issue is amplified and needs to be miti…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This project aims to expose a widespread inaccuracy in the work of academic researchers regarding how music affects human emotion. A centuries-old musical phenomenon known as the “major-mino…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Global adolescent death is not primarily due to cardiovascular diseases, cancer, or other infectious diseases, but from suicide–the 2nd leading cause of death in adolescents. However, no obj…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This project focused on proving that those with aphantasia are at a disadvantage when it comes to standardized testing. Aphantasia is the inability to form mental images of objects that are…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This project studied the correlation between learning styles, personality traits, and high school GPA. It aimed to provide a guide to make learning more efficient by taking advantage of one'…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
QUESTION: Does the perspective of a person affect their emotional intelligence? HYPOTHESIS: People who have an optimistic perspective have higher emotional intelligence than those who have a…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Ideological polarization in the United States has grown substantially in recent decades. Recent research establishes that this newfound polarization is eroding American democracy — akin to h…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
“Studies have shown that children with absent fathers are at a higher risk of having behavioral problems, 4 times more likely to live in poverty, 2 times more likely to never graduate high s…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Background: The aim of my project was to explore whether music theory techniques exert objective emotional effects on listeners and assess the effect of age, gender, race, and musical expert…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Linguistic polarization is a change in frequency of policy references in a representative’s lexicon. When incumbent representatives face challengers, they may change their speech patterns to…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong condition generally characterized by social and communication impairments. The early diagnosis of ASD is highly desirable, and there is a need fo…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Does social confidence increase or diminish with age? I wanted to test various ages and see if they had enough confidence to speak up when they noticed an error. People would want to know th…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
During the pandemic period, there has been over a 30% increase in people reporting symptoms of anxiety and depression (Pachal, et al, 2021). Mental health issues have an average delay of 11…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
Every 40 seconds, suicide steals a life—an annual cost of 800,000 people—but clinical assessments for suicide risk and treatment have improved little over the past 50 years. Risk assessments…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Executive functions (EFs) are key skills linked to academic and life-long success, helping individuals respond appropriately to different situations. They include paying attention, maintaini…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
China’s bike-sharing industry has experienced three stages of development: rapid expansion, rapid contraction and a period of stability. The competitive behavior of bike-sharing companies ha…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
America’s rural communities are home to 57 million people and contain 97% of the nation’s land. These communities are responsible for producing 10% of the country’s gross domestic product. H…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Subliminal messages are methods to subconsciously alter the perceptions of individuals. We were intent on investigating the effectiveness of subliminals; to accomplish this, we chose an inst…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Changes in teaching methods due to the COVID-19 pandemic may impact students' mental health. During this condition, students are heavily exposed to online learning which is likely to induce…