This study was completed for the Advanced Placement course AP Research. Work was completed under the supervision of Dr. Cathy Farrar.

During adolescence, emotions are heightened, causing impulsivities to be more difficult to resist. An inability to self-regulate places individuals, particularly adolescents, at higher risk for preventable manners of childhood and adolescent mortality, including suicide, addiction, and subsequent substance abuse. This study assessed the relationship between brain wave frequencies and self-control exhibition with regard to an individual’s ability to regulate impulses and intertemporal choice.

AP Research Perfect Score

1st Place — St. Louis Region Missouri Junior Academy of Science

2nd Place — Health Occupations Students of America International Conference