CSEF · 2019
Myers Briggs and Behavior Prediction
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The objective of this study is to determine if we can use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to predict people's responses.
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ISEF · 2019
Now You See It, Now You Don't! Test Your Peripheral Vision
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This experiment is to determine if teenage females detect motion, shape, text, or color first in their peripheral vision. Three teenage females were tested with a vision protractor to determ…
ISEF · 2019
Paper Characters: An Educational Game Material
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The character is one of the most important elements that make up a story. Some books are remembered by characters even after years of reading. For example Zeze and Raskolnikov characters are…
CSEF · 2019
Personal Comfort and Therapy System (PCATS): Wearables and Jedi Mind Tricks
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives Reduce pain levels for patients, using a Personalized Comfort and Therapy System (PCATS) which leverages a Genetic Evolution Machine Learning Optimizer (GEMLO) to determine optimu…
CSEF · 2019
Playing Fortnite: A Distraction for Pain to the Brain
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of this study is to determine if playing the video game Fortnite has the ability to distract your brain from pain. Methods Digital stopwatch, digital probe thermomet…
CSEF · 2019
Practice Makes Permanent: How Does Repetition Affect the Human Ability to Adapt to New Forms of Writing?
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The goal of this project is to determine how efficient repetition is. Methods Materials: 30 volunteer within an age range of 10-19 Timer 3 sets of 3 codes written in Aristocrat li…
ISEF · 2019
Predicting Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Using Machine Learning
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), defined as a physical or psychological reliance on opioids, is quickly becoming a public health epidemic. This project develops a supervised machine learning appro…
ISEF · 2019
Procrastination versus Perceived Consequences
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This study investigates if people procrastinate more on assignments that are worth a large percentage of grade or a small percentage of grade (Hypothesis I) and on extra credit or regular cr…
ISEF · 2019
Promoting the Values of the Relics of Temple of Literature and the Imperial Academy to Bring into Play the Traditional Fondness for Learning
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The Temple of Literature was founded in 1070 and was the site of Vietnam’s first university – a symbol of the Vietnamese traditional fondness of learning. Although many projects have been la…
CSEF · 2019
Puff the Vaping Dragon: A Study of Knowledge and Interest in E-cigarettes among Middle School Students
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The objective of this project is to determine the rate of use, knowledge of different types, health risks and interest in the future use of E-cigarettes among suburban middle scho…
CSEF · 2019
Reading, Focus, and the Elderly
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives my goal for his project is to see if rrading can help the elderly brain with its declining cognitive ability Methods Prepare the cognition tests, which is called the sage cognitio…
ISEF · 2019
Real-Time Analysis of Emotions for Neurological Disorder Patients
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Patients who suffer from Neurological Disorders, such as strokes, experience difficulty when communicating with others due to various factors such as paralysis or the inability to speak. For…
CSEF · 2019
Red Pill or Blue Pill? How Age Impacts Confirmation Bias
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The objective of the project is to determine whether age has an impact on confirmation bias. Methods A random sample of adolescents and adults were given an adapted version of Was…
CSEF · 2019
Reward, Praise, and Criticism: Tangible vs. Intangible Reward Expectancy: What Works Best?
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The objective of this study was to continue studying the effects of varying stimuli on the performance of sixth graders and adults by discovering the impacts of tangible vs. intan…
ISEF · 2019
Reward Schedule and Pacing in Video Games and Their Effects on Popularity
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The video game industry is worth at least 4.8 billion dollars as of 2019. This is mostly due to the games FIFA 19, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The purpose of my proj…
ISEF · 2019
Sensory Integration in Adolescents with a History of Multiple Concussions
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Past research has shown that athletes have higher susceptibility to multiple concussive events after initial injury. Novel understanding of the detrimental effects of multiple concussions ha…
CSEF · 2019
Single-Use Plastic Straws: Taken by Habit, by Preference, or with Ignorance?
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives My main objective was to trace down a general understanding of why people choose plastic straws over paper straws. What their needs/habits are, and if their decision is related to…
AJAS · 2019
Social Appearance Anxiety Moderates Thin Ideal and Eating Disorder Symptoms
Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)
Thin ideal internalization, or the internalized belief that thinness is the ideal body type, is a risk and maintenance factor for eating disorder (ED) symptoms (Culbert et al., 2015). Howeve…
CSEF · 2019
Stop, You're on Camera! The Effects of Emotional and Consequential Messaging on Driving Behaviors
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The objective of this project is to measure whether drivers' behavior changes when presented with emotional or consequential messages related to their driving habits. Methods Stop…
CSEF · 2019
Study Jams: The Effect of Words in Music on Reading Comprehension
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The objective of this study is to determine the effect of music, including the presence of words in music, on reading comprehension in high school students. Methods 3 short readin…
ISEF · 2019
Tambomachay: Rock Art of the Archaic Man of Qanchis
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The research problem arises through a valuable discovery in 2017, by teachers and students of the school JAPAM - Sicuani. A singular sample of rock/cave paintings in the rock shelter of Tamb…
ISEF · 2019
Teaching Physics in Middle School
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In Mexico, there is an aversion situation of middle school students towards science. The above is reflected in the failure rates according to PISA (Program for International Student Assessme…
CSEF · 2019
Technology's Blue Light and Its Effect on Our Sleep
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The purpose of this project is to find out what will help people all over the world get better and improved sleep. 95% of US citizens use some sort of technology before bed, and s…
ISEF · 2019
TEMEN (Terapi Autisme Online) : An Online Autism Therapy with YouTube
Behavioral and Social Sciences
There are approximately 140.000 autistic children from 400.000 special needed children in Indonesia. However, we are facing the issues of the low numbers of therapist, and the low chances fo…
CSEF · 2019
Testing Creativity in Different Ages
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of this experiment is to discover how age influences right side brain activity. Methods 40 Participants split into 5 age ranges, Two Shapes, Paperclip. Tested to see…
ISEF · 2019
Testing of the Future: Should Standardized Tests Be Taken on Paper or Online?
Behavioral and Social Sciences
As many schools are choosing to integrate technology into the classroom, such as iPads and laptops, administrators are pushing that state-mandated standardized tests are also taken on the co…
CSEF · 2019
Testing the Impact of Gender on a Variation of the Prisoner's Dilemma
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The purpose of this project was to determine whether male or female individual students are more cooperative and if gender pairing made a difference. Using the Prisoner's Dilemma…
ISEF · 2019
The Attachment Theory and Emotional Development: A Twin Study
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Attachment theory describes behaviors in affectionate relationships, such as parent-infant bonds. This project expanded attachment theory’s application to sibling relationships through 2 inq…
CSEF · 2019
The Color of Aggression: Does Yellow-Green Lighting Cause More Aggressive Responses in Humans than Blue Lighting?
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The purpose of this experiment was to find if color affects aggression in people. Methods I decided to test this question by giving 30 adults (13 men, 17 women) a survey while und…
CSEF · 2019
The Color of Personalities: Introversion, Extroversion, and the Surprising Effect of Gender on Artistic Expression
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives This project explores how personality, specifically introversion versus extroversion, affects a person's artistic expression. I hypothesized introverts would 1) utilize lighter, d…