Social and Behavioural Sciences Project

Stand Number: 2225

Project title: Investigating Sensory Processing Patterns in Adolescents Aged 12-18

Overview: This project explores how sensory processing patterns affect adolescents' daily lives, focusing on sensory preferences and responses

School Name: St Joseph's Secondary School Rush

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 2226

Project title: Do we experience magic the same way? How gender, age and state of mindfulness can affect our susceptibility to magic tricks and how well people pay attention.

Overview: Utilising sleight of hand skills and knowledge of misdirection as a magician to study the effects of gender, age and mindfulness on susceptibility to tricks.

School Name: Loreto Secondary School Balbriggan

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 2227

Project title: CarbonCut- An intelligent way to reduce your carbon footprint

Overview: CarbonCut is an A.I based app which provides personalised daily reminders on how to become more eco-friendly based on each individual person's circumstances.

School Name: Coláiste Mhuire

School County: Galway

Stand Number: 2300

Project title: Fluoride, Friend or Foe?

Overview: A comparison of a GP vs a dentist's opinion of water fluoridation in the Republic of Ireland.

School Name: Loreto Secondary School

School County: Donegal

Stand Number: 2301

Project title: Short Term Rental Conversion: an Avoidable Catalyst of Home Overvaluation?

Overview: Examines the relationship between short term rentals listings and the overvaluation of housing (local, national and Europe). Assesses the devastating social impacts of these findings.

School Name: Scoil Mhuire gan Smal

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 2303

Project title: A statistical analysis of the perpetuation of education disadvantage in early school leavers and implicit bias among Irish employers.

Overview: This study assesses the impact of early school leaving on life outcomes, and the perpetuation of educational disadvantage through intergenerational academic attainment and bias.

School Name: Coláiste Mhuire Mullingar

School County: Westmeath

Stand Number: 2304

Project title: The application of abstract mathematical theories to mitigate against racial and gender bias in AI

Overview: An investigation of the application of abstract mathematical theories to mitigate against racial and gender bias in AI

School Name: Rathmore GS

School County: Antrim

Stand Number: 2305

Project title: Neurocognitive effects of Generative AI-created vs. Human-created content on teens, a comparative study on Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Load.

Overview: The project investigates how Generative-AI’s perpetual ability to produce personalised content rapidly influences the brain compared to generic human-made content, emphasizing creativity and cognitive load.

School Name: Marian College

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 2306

Project title: A New Era Of Politics: The influence of social media on political engagement among Irish youth.

Overview: Investigating the level of influence social media has on the next generation in Ireland regarding politics

School Name: Sutton Park School

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 2307

Project title: Cleaning the Air

Overview: My project examines public perceptions on second hand vaping and policy preferences

School Name: Our Lady's Bower

School County: Westmeath

Stand Number: 2225

Project title: Investigating Sensory Processing Patterns in Adolescents Aged 12-18

Overview: This project explores how sensory processing patterns affect adolescents' daily lives, focusing on sensory preferences and responses

School Name: St Joseph's Secondary School Rush

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 2225

Project Title: Investigating Sensory Processing Patterns in Adolescents Aged 12-18

Project Overview: This project explores how sensory processing patterns affect adolescents' daily lives, focusing on sensory preferences and responses

Lead Student: Billie Rickard

School Name: St Joseph's Secondary School Rush

School County: Dublin

Teacher Name: Helen Teehan

Project Type: Individual

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 2226

Project title: Do we experience magic the same way? How gender, age and state of mindfulness can affect our susceptibility to magic tricks and how well people pay attention.

Overview: Utilising sleight of hand skills and knowledge of misdirection as a magician to study the effects of gender, age and mindfulness on susceptibility to tricks.

School Name: Loreto Secondary School Balbriggan

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 2226

Project Title: Do we experience magic the same way? How gender, age and state of mindfulness can affect our susceptibility to magic tricks and how well people pay attention.

Project Overview: Utilising sleight of hand skills and knowledge of misdirection as a magician to study the effects of gender, age and mindfulness on susceptibility to tricks.

Lead Student: Ella Nicholson

School Name: Loreto Secondary School Balbriggan

School County: Dublin

Teacher Name: Brian Higgins

Project Type: Individual

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 2227

Project title: CarbonCut- An intelligent way to reduce your carbon footprint

Overview: CarbonCut is an A.I based app which provides personalised daily reminders on how to become more eco-friendly based on each individual person's circumstances.

School Name: Coláiste Mhuire

School County: Galway

Stand Number: 2227

Project Title: CarbonCut- An intelligent way to reduce your carbon footprint

Project Overview: CarbonCut is an A.I based app which provides personalised daily reminders on how to become more eco-friendly based on each individual person's circumstances.

Lead Student: Liam Egan

School Name: Coláiste Mhuire

School County: Galway

Teacher Name: Conor Delaney

Project Type: Individual

Age Group: Intermediate

Stand Number: 2300

Project title: Fluoride, Friend or Foe?

Overview: A comparison of a GP vs a dentist's opinion of water fluoridation in the Republic of Ireland.

School Name: Loreto Secondary School

School County: Donegal

Stand Number: 2300

Project Title: Fluoride, Friend or Foe?

Project Overview: A comparison of a GP vs a dentist's opinion of water fluoridation in the Republic of Ireland.

Lead Student: Aislinn Devlin

School Name: Loreto Secondary School

School County: Donegal

Teacher Name: Margaret O Reilly

Project Type: Individual

Age Group: Senior

Stand Number: 2301

Project title: Short Term Rental Conversion: an Avoidable Catalyst of Home Overvaluation?

Overview: Examines the relationship between short term rentals listings and the overvaluation of housing (local, national and Europe). Assesses the devastating social impacts of these findings.

School Name: Scoil Mhuire gan Smal

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 2301

Project Title: Short Term Rental Conversion: an Avoidable Catalyst of Home Overvaluation?

Project Overview: Examines the relationship between short term rentals listings and the overvaluation of housing (local, national and Europe). Assesses the devastating social impacts of these findings.

Lead Student: James Dunne

School Name: Scoil Mhuire gan Smal

School County: Cork

Teacher Name: Edel Healy

Project Type: Individual

Age Group: Senior

Stand Number: 2303

Project title: A statistical analysis of the perpetuation of education disadvantage in early school leavers and implicit bias among Irish employers.

Overview: This study assesses the impact of early school leaving on life outcomes, and the perpetuation of educational disadvantage through intergenerational academic attainment and bias.

School Name: Coláiste Mhuire Mullingar