63rd Annual STS (2003-2004)
Finalists
Jayne Frances Wolfson

NEW YORK
Jayne Frances Wolfson, 18, of Armonk, entered a behavioral and social sciences project in the Intel Science Talent Search that studied cognitive development in toddlers from the view of "pretend play." The experiment tested toddlers' ability to engage in pretend situations and remember those situations after two weeks. This experiment lead Jayne to propose that children's understanding of reality versus pretend play develops in four stages, a progression sequence for cognitive development that must happen for a child to understand the difference between what is real and what is pretend. At Byram Hills High School, Jayne is a member of the student board that plans social activities, is a mathematics tutor for a local middle school, plays on the field hockey team, and was elected captain of the JV lacrosse team. She is a member of the National Cum Laude Society and the National Foreign Language Honors Society. An accomplished dancer, she is a member of the Acadettes, an invitation-only tap dance group and a member of the Westchester Theater Dance Performing Troupe. The daughter of Robert Wolfson and Susan Anderson, Jayne hopes to attend Columbia, Northwestern or USC.