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I would like to try a project having to do with multitasking, brain studies, or brain developement but i cannot come up with an idea that will last me a few months. Any help?
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Hi,

The one obstacle with such a study, if it is dealing with human brain/cognitive studies, is human subjects. At this level, it is very difficult for possible legal reasons as well as the fact that you will need an appropriate pool size.

I suggest you look into lower organisms (mice etc) into perhaps conducting a study. What comes to mind is the possibility of testing your peers with a possible memory test or multitasking experiment and looking at results statistically with a chi square test.

Some links to read:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=7700581

http://www.juliantrubin.com/fairproject ... ystem.html

http://www.multitaskingtests.com/
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Re: Help Finding A Project!

Post by deleted-71536 »

Hi there,

Here is a link to a Science Buddies project idea on multitasking:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... Q&from=TSW

You can also browse through the other project ideas to find a topic that interests you, and then create your own project from there.

Good luck!
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