The Winner

Val Watham has been chosen as the BBC's Amateur Scientist of the Year, for her study on the science of fashion.

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The Finalists

All our finalists presented their results at Cheltenham Science Festival on June 16 2012 in front of a panel of judges and a live audience. The runners-up were:

- Dara Djavan Khoshdel wanted to find out if the price of art correlates to our emotional response to the work.

- Val Watham investigated whether horizontal or vertical stripes are more flattering to wear.

- William Rudling is a caricaturist trying to discover whether people who look the same also sound the same.

- Izzy Thomlinson wanted to know why horrible noises affect some people more than others.



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