Abington College Undergraduate Research Activities

ACURA Project Fair 2021

Autism, Anime, and Facial Emotion Recognition

Autism, Anime, and Facial Emotion Recognition Abstract (SS5) The purpose of this study is to examine whether individuals who are higher on autistic traits can better and more quickly recognize the facial emotions of anime characters (i.e., Japanese animated cartoon...

Intelligent Electrical Wheelchair for the Visually Impaired

Intelligent Electrical Wheelchair for the Visually Impaired Abstract (SE2) Develop a LIDAR-based system to assist people with visual impairments to detect and avoid obstacles. The 3D point cloud data collected through LIDAR is transformed into spatial audio signals...

Evaluation of Macrophage Number and Phenotype in the Aged Heart

Evaluation of Macrophage Number and Phenotype in the Aged Heart Abstract (SE1) Aging is associated with inflammation, including more inflammatory cells (macrophages) in most organs. I evaluated macrophages in the heart and found similar numbers between young and old...

Who’s on Top? Autonomy and Control in Online Sex Work

Who’s on Top? Autonomy and Control in Online Sex Work Abstract (SS3) In this project, we study online creators who sell sexual content and services. The goal of the research is to understand how online sex workers create and run their businesses and how they...

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Perceptions of Women’s Hair: The Curly vs. Straight Debate Abstract The goal of the current study was to examine perceptions of curly versus straight hair. We recruited college students (N = 112) and asked them to rate photos of African American women with curly and...