2129965
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
SBIR Phase I: Coding the Affective Domain and Visuospatial Ability - The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project supports the development of a visuospatial educational assessment tool.
Visuospatial aptitude is a facet of intelligence that underlies innovative thinking, i.e., how do new ideas emerge? And what are the physiological processes involved? Today, there is an overwhelming exposure within society to digital visual stimuli, and national assessment authorities acknowledge visuospatial abstract reasoning as an accepted and sought-after cognitive ability.
Future curriculum designs must develop along with how people are changing and perceiving knowledge. This project seeks to set standards in education on visuospatial ability by introducing a novel assessment. This visuospatial assessment tool will utilize a software platform that allows customers to take the assessment online and has commercial potential to improve industry, science, and educational programs for the advancement of human communication.
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project investigates the development of an information technology consisting of a visuospatial ability assessment for measuring the biological processes that are required for being creative. Humans are biologically predisposed both to perceive and to reproduce symmetry, mainly in visual form but also aurally. This proposed visuospatial assessment tool measures some of the biological processes that are required for the perception and reproduction of symmetry.
Specifically, this assessment measures a form of sensorimotor perceptual action referred to in this project as "affective symmetry gauging" (ASG). ASG consists of a subject's innate visual perception/identification of the division in extreme and mean ratio point (DEMR; i.e., the symmetry point) in a given pattern. Because this process measures the extent to which a subject can perceive/identify and reproduce the symmetry point in given patterns, the tool also suggests the degree to which a subject may be inclined to reproduce symmetry, marking this inclination as a natural human expression of creativity aligned to pleasingness.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
Visuospatial aptitude is a facet of intelligence that underlies innovative thinking, i.e., how do new ideas emerge? And what are the physiological processes involved? Today, there is an overwhelming exposure within society to digital visual stimuli, and national assessment authorities acknowledge visuospatial abstract reasoning as an accepted and sought-after cognitive ability.
Future curriculum designs must develop along with how people are changing and perceiving knowledge. This project seeks to set standards in education on visuospatial ability by introducing a novel assessment. This visuospatial assessment tool will utilize a software platform that allows customers to take the assessment online and has commercial potential to improve industry, science, and educational programs for the advancement of human communication.
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project investigates the development of an information technology consisting of a visuospatial ability assessment for measuring the biological processes that are required for being creative. Humans are biologically predisposed both to perceive and to reproduce symmetry, mainly in visual form but also aurally. This proposed visuospatial assessment tool measures some of the biological processes that are required for the perception and reproduction of symmetry.
Specifically, this assessment measures a form of sensorimotor perceptual action referred to in this project as "affective symmetry gauging" (ASG). ASG consists of a subject's innate visual perception/identification of the division in extreme and mean ratio point (DEMR; i.e., the symmetry point) in a given pattern. Because this process measures the extent to which a subject can perceive/identify and reproduce the symmetry point in given patterns, the tool also suggests the degree to which a subject may be inclined to reproduce symmetry, marking this inclination as a natural human expression of creativity aligned to pleasingness.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
Awardee
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Pueblo,
Colorado
81001-2835
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
None
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 07/31/23 to 09/30/23 and the total obligations have increased 8% from $256,000 to $276,000.
Brownback Studios was awarded
Project Grant 2129965
worth $276,000
from National Science Foundation in August 2022 with work to be completed primarily in Pueblo Colorado United States.
The grant
has a duration of 1 year 1 months and
was awarded through assistance program 47.084 NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships.
SBIR Details
Research Type
SBIR Phase I
Title
SBIR Phase I:Coding the Affective Domain and Visuospatial Ability
Abstract
The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project supports the development of a visuospatial educational assessment tool.Visuospatial aptitude is a facet of intelligence that underlies innovative thinking, i.e., how do new ideas emerge? and What are the physiological processes involved? Today, there is an overwhelming exposure within society to digital visual stimuli and national assessment authorities acknowledge visuospatial abstract reasoning as an accepted and sought after cognitive ability. Future curriculum designs must develop along with how people are changing and perceiving knowledge. This project seeks to set standards in education on visuospatial ability by introducing a novel assessment. This visuospatial assessment tool will utilize a software platform that allows customers to take the assessment online, and has commercial potential to improve industry, science, and educational programs for the advancement of human communication.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project investigates the development of an information technology consisting of a visuospatial ability assessment for measuring the biological processes that are required for being creative. Humans are biologically predisposed both to perceive and to reproduce symmetry, mainly in visual form, but also aurally; This proposed visuospatial assessment tool measures some of the biological processes that are required for the perception and reproduction of symmetry. Specifically, this assessment measures a form of sensorimotor perceptual action referred to in this project as ‘affective symmetry gauging’ (ASG). ASG consists of a subject’s innate visual perception/identification of the division in extreme and mean ratio point (DEMR; i.e., the symmetry point) in a given pattern. Because this process measures the extent to which a subject can perceive/identify and reproduce the symmetry point in given patterns, the tool also suggests the degree to which a subject may be inclined to reproduce symmetry, marking this inclination as a natural human expression of creativity aligned to pleasingness.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
Topic Code
LC
Solicitation Number
NSF 21-562
Status
(Complete)
Last Modified 8/17/23
Period of Performance
8/15/22
Start Date
9/30/23
End Date
Funding Split
$276.0K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$276.0K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to 2129965
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
2129965
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
491503 TRANSLATIONAL IMPACTS
Funding Office
491503 TRANSLATIONAL IMPACTS
Awardee UEI
X43LZR2WGSP5
Awardee CAGE
8SPU3
Performance District
CO-03
Senators
Michael Bennet
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
Budget Funding
Federal Account | Budget Subfunction | Object Class | Total | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|
Research and Related Activities, National Science Foundation (049-0100) | General science and basic research | Grants, subsidies, and contributions (41.0) | $276,000 | 100% |
Modified: 8/17/23