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| I am a grade 12 student at A.B. Lucas Secondary School; I am heavily involved in volunteer work, research and competitions. I have been doing research as a volunteer at the Brain and Mind Institute at Western University for 4 years. I've always been interested in cognitive psychology and the opportunity to do high level research so early in my high school career has been amazing! This year my project was inspired by the anxiety and minor depression faced by my peers in a challenging final year. Doing research on the diagnosis of mental illness opened my eyes to the challenges faced by clinicians. As a result, I was inspired to use my knowledge of visual perception to try to create a supplementary test which could help to confirm a diagnosis. In the future, I would like to continue testing patients with a variety of mood disorders, in an attempt to investigate disorder specific results. My advice to anyone pursuing science fair would be to follow your passion. To me science fair is much more than a competition it represents my curiosity, fuels my passion and sustains my drive. |
| Dan Alferov
Using the Perception of Facial Emotions to Aid in Diagnosis of Mood Disorders
| Défi: | Découverte | | Catégorie: | Sénior | | Région: | Thames Valley | | Ville: | London, ON | | École: | A.B. Lucas S.S. | | Sommaire: | Mental illness affects 1.8 billion people globally (WHO, 2013). Yet, 30% of patients are misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed. The goal of this project was to create a novel, objective and efficient diagnostic method for mood disorders, based around disorder-specific facial emotion perception deficits. A universal trend in the perception of facial emotions within binocular rivalry for healthy participants was discovered which can aid in differential diagnosis. |
| Prix | Valeur | Le Prix Manning en innovation
Sénior
Sponsor: Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation | 500,00 $ | Le Prix Manning en innovation
Sponsor: Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation | 4 000,00 $ | Prix du défi - Découverte
Sénior
Sponsor: Sciences jeunesse Canada | | Prix d'excellence - Sénior
Médaille d'or
Sponsor: Sciences jeunesse Canada | 250,00 $ | Bourses d'admission de la Faculté des sciences de l’Université Dalhousie
Médaillé d’or, sénior - Bourse d'admission de 5 000 $
Sponsor: Université Dalhousie, Faculté des sciences | 5 000,00 $ | Prix d'admission en sciences de UBC (Vancouver)
Médaillé d’or, sénior - Bourse d'admission de 4 000 $
Sponsor: The University of British Columbia (Vancouver) | 4 000,00 $ | Bourse d'admission de l’Université du Manitoba
Médaillé d’or, sénior - Bourse d'admission de 5 000 $
Sponsor: Université du Manitoba | 5 000,00 $ | Bourse d'admission de l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick
Médaillé d'or – Bourse d’admission de 5 000 $
Sponsor: Université du Nouveau-Brunswick | 5 000,00 $ | Bourse d'admission de l'Université d'Ottawa
Médaillé d’or, sénior - Bourse d'admission de 4 000 $
Sponsor: Université d'Ottawa | 4 000,00 $ | Bourse d’études de Western University
Médaillé d’or - Bourse d'admission de 4 000 $
Sponsor: Université Western | 4 000,00 $ | | Total | 31 750,00 $ | |
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