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CSEF · 2005

Goldfish

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals Goldfish: the most common pond fish. With all of the many variations is this fish as dumb as commonly perceived? No, new studies have shown that goldfish possess the power t…

CSEF · 2005

Hamming It Up: Is Laughter the Best Medicine?

Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if laughter had an affect on blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation and/or blood glucose. Methods/Materials Twelve subjects were tested in…

CSEF · 2005

Human Asexuality

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objectives of this project were to establish trends and common traits among asexuals, to examine possible causes, and to debunk or uphold commonly-held beliefs about ase…

CSEF · 2005

Is A Picture Really Worth 1,000 Words?

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals Memory is an amazing aspect of the human brain that is used everyday for many different tasks. People use their ability to recall different things on a daily basis from stud…

CSEF · 2005

Is Laughter Really Good Medicine?

Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if laughter eases pain. Would people watching a funny video be able to keep thier hands in cold water longer than they could while watching a documentar…

CSEF · 2005

Is Seeing Believing?

Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals To see if age or gender has an affect on the ability to percieve an optical illusion. Methods/Materials Board with images was exposed to subjects and questions were asked Su…

CSEF · 2005

It's Catching!

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals A driver, talking on a cell phone, encounters an unexpected situation: another driver, coming down the wrong side of the road. How should the driver be alerted? I tested rea…

CSEF · 2005

Laugh Your Worries Away

Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My objectives were to find out if something easy, like laughing, would lower blood pressure, and if so, would the gender effect the amount of change in the blood pressure.Ov…

CSEF · 2005

Learning Styles: The Key to Life

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals I am trying to find how people study according to their strengths. I believe that learning styles play a very large, important role in people#s lives, for they are the bases…

CSEF · 2005

Life Without Stress

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals Stress, a part of our daily lives, is one of the main causes of high blood pressure today; it increases our respiratory rate, blood pressure and heart rate. I am evaluating…

CSEF · 2005

Manipulation of Memory

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether or not it is possible to plant false memories into the brains of unsuspected individuals, through creative methods, like the process of…

CSEF · 2005

Mathematics: Is There a Gender Difference?

Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to compare data compiled for boys' and girls' success rates and times when solving tangram puzzles to determine which gender displays stronge…

CSEF · 2005

Music Gives a Helping Hand to Test Scores

Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My project was to see if music would help improve test scores, specifically in mathematical computations. My hypothesis for this project is that classical music, which is so…

CSEF · 2005

Music to My Ears

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals My purpose is to try to find out which type of music, Jazz or Classical, is better for aiding in mathematical performance. I am testing this by isolating two factors that th…

CSEF · 2005

Oops... I Forgot!

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals Objectives: Our objective was to determine if the elaborative encoding process can improve the short term memory of Junior High students. Methods/Materials Methods: A sample…

CSEF · 2005

Optical Illusions Left and Right

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals The goal was to determine if people perceive unstable optical illusions differently based on hand-dominance, eye-dominance, age and gender. The hypothesis was that hand domi…

CSEF · 2005

Physical Attractiveness

Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My objective was to figure out how a pre-teen's or teenager's own physical features affect his/her choices on what's attractive on the opposite sex. Methods/Materials Firstl…

CSEF · 2005

Piaget's Conservation

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals Piaget said that 6&7 year old children were able to conserve number. My objective was to find out if 50% or more of 6&7 year old children conserve number. Methods/Materials…

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