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ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the APS device when treating auditory hypersensitive autistic children aged 3 – 8 years old. The study’s methodology consisted of four phases…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mood and anxiety disorders, such as Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), affect one out of every six people in their lifetime and over 350 million people per year. Postmortem human brain studies…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Every year, over 600,000 people suffer from stroke and spinal cord injuries in the U.S. alone, and about 80% of acute stroke survivors lose motor skills of the arm and the hand. It may consi…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The present project makes a demonstrative exercise regarding the true history of one of the most deeply rooted dishes in the culinary culture of Peru, the “Tamal Chinchano” (Tamale from Chin…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
At present, there are no well-validated biomarkers for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Currently, the diagnosis of such disorders is done by experts who employ standard ques…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Epilepsy affects over 3.4 million people in the United States alone. Approximately 200,000 new cases of epilepsy are diagnosed each year. The purpose of this project was to detect seizures a…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Social insects possess the remarkable ability to make choices both as individuals and as part of a collective. Ants, particularly, are able to utilize large colony numbers in order to effect…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the impact of high-heeled footwear on balance and fall risk as well as to conduct a survey to ascertain whether people believe high heels make…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Surveys are an important part of behavioral research and design iteration. Current surveys are typically made up of closed ended questions(i.e. multiple choice questions), which have little…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
I wanted to understand the factors that influence how effectively a group works together. The main question in this study was about how the gender composition of a group affects how well a g…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This study investigates if people are more satisfied with a decision after they get advice from a surrogate or by using affective forecasting. Participants 14-18 years old were given a piece…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Diabetes is one of the main public health problems due to the high number of incidents and mortality in all the world. According to the International Diabetes Federation in 2017 there were 4…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Through our volunteer work in the blind school in our region, we have experienced the suffering and the intensity of their need for help by a device that facilitates their lives and integrat…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
One of the most common Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) type is the congenital autism with low intelligence and limited speech (accounting for 68% of all cases). This ASD type has negative eff…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to discover if caffeine or sugar had an effect on a student's ability to focus, and if so, what this effect was. This would help students develop better st…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In the wake of the 2016 Presidential Election, Social Media giants such as Facebook and Twitter have implemented a variety of changes to their respective sites' user interfaces, in an effort…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This research consisted in the analysis of information provided by 185 police reports on missing teenagers registered in the Police Districts of Jardim Herculano, Capão Redondo and Parque Sa…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Endoplasmic reticulum calcium dysregulation caused by mutations in the presenilin has been implicated in neuronal death and in Familial Alzheimer’s Disease (FAD) pathology. The purpose of th…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of our experiment was to compare the differences of reaction and decision making times between teenagers ages 14, 16, and 18 years old. Our hypothesis was that the 14 year olds w…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Spatial abilities are thought to be pronounced in some scholastically-classified slow learners. In scholastically-classified slow learners with high spatial abilities, concepts can be taught…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
Over the last three years, I have developed a new diagnostic screening test for dyslexia. My test is based on research that suggests dyslexia is an auditory processing disorder rather than s…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Discovering children psychological issues has been hindered by the lack of children ability to express their feelings and needs using words, in addition to the shortage of an efficient and s…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Stress, from chronic mild to acute severe conditions, has extreme negative consequences. The purpose of this study is to explore the psychosomatic and pathological consequences of stress on…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder highly prevalent, characterized by intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors that are difficult to control despite preser…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Because most government regulation is based on arguments about “externalities” (effects on third parties), understanding how externality arguments affect public opinion and support for regul…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award
A novel diagnostic tool was developed that identified and digitized facial changes that differentiate Essential Tremor (ET) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with 99.9% accuracy as compa…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Anxiety is the most common mental illness, and adolescence is a critical time period for developing various anxiety disorders. Social media platforms allow people to generate content to conn…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The Harmony project aims at understanding the effect of applying mathematical rules in the design of everyday objects on their aesthetical perception. In the past, mathematical canons were u…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Visual impairment is a major global health problem. In 2017, WHO estimated that there were 253 million people worldwide with this ailment. According to the journal of the American Medical As…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) results in deterioration of dopaminergic cells in the brain. The Amygdala and Orbitofrontal Cortex (OFC), areas associated with facial expresion recognition, suffer…