Catch Me If You Can

Overview

Objectives/Goals To determine if elementary aged boys or girls have better eye-hand reflexes. Methods/Materials I would use a ruler marked with milliseconds per 1.27cm (half inch), drop it, and ask my participant to catch the ruler with their index finger and their thumb. They pinched their thumb and finger together when I drop it. I would do this five times, then take an average of their 5 scores. I tested 70 people, equal boys and girls. Results In my hypothesis, I thought elementary aged females would have better eye-hand reflexes. My results showed that boys did slightly better than the girls. Conclusions/Discussion I found that boys had quicker eye-hand reflexes than girls. An interesting conclusion also showed that people who played sports were the quickest. To continue my study, I want to test more people, and try different controlled situations like: blindfold the students and just tel

Competition history

• CSEF 2004 Behavioral Sciences · Entry J0303

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