Sentences with phrase «previous behavioral studies»
Although it could be argued that these partner - related reductions in pain were caused by greater distraction by the partner images, a previous behavioral study using this same paradigm ruled out this possibility by showing no differences in reaction times to a probe stimulus in any of the conditions (6).
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«Previous studies have shown reductions in children's social, emotional and behavioral problems,» said Ron Prinz, Ph.D., at the University of South Carolina, the study's lead investigator.
«While previous studies at McLean and elsewhere have focused on the behavioral symptoms produced by such immune activation, this study goes deeper, going to the cellular level to show how the brain's neural circuits are affected.»
The study builds on previous research, which has shown that being born prematurely — before 37 weeks — is a leading cause of learning and behavioral difficulties in childhood.
«Previous studies had correlated increased activity in the primate VTA with positive events experienced by the animal but could not prove that VTA activity actually caused behavioral changes,» says Wim Vanduffel, PhD, of the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at MGH, corresponding author of the Current Biology paper.
Another researcher not involved in this study, Andrea Pittarello, a behavioral psychologist at Ben - Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, proposes that the mechanism behind ethical decision - making in these experiments is that thinking of previous dishonesty «make [s] moral standards more salient and in turn decrease [s] dishonesty.»
In a previous study of civilians with insomnia, Taylor and his research team discovered that cognitive behavioral therapy led to significant improvements in sleep efficiency, with the research subjects» use of sleep medication declining from 87.5 percent before therapy to 54 percent afterward, although the subjects weren't required to stop taking their medication.
Update, 24 September, 4.30 p.m.: A previous version of this story did not mention that the conclusions of a study finding that double - blind review benefited female authors in Behavioral Ecology has been challenged.
Male fence lizards of the species Sceloporus undulatus have bright blue «badges» outlined in black on both sides of their throats and abdomens, and previous studies have shown that testosterone drives the production of these badges, which are highly visible during the animal's courtship rituals and other behavioral displays.
Previous studies showed that reaching puberty early is especially stressful, and Caspi and Moffitt found that the girls who had the most trouble adjusting to early adolescence were those who had shown behavioral problems in early childhood.
It supports previous studies that have shown increased levels of behavioral problems and / or disruptive disorders among young people with gender variance.
Exposure to the pesticides, known as organophosphates, has been linked to behavioral and cognitive problems in children in the past, but previous studies have focused on communities of farm workers and other high - risk populations.
Previous presentations have included Robert Perry from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation speaking about grant writing, Kim Saunders from Petfinder.com, Carter Luke discussing MSPCA's MA Companion Animal Population Study, and Dr. Amy Marder presenting her work in behavioral assessment of shelter dogs, to name a few.
As in previous studies, the new data clearly shows that the positive behavioral effects that were expected from neutering dogs did not occur, and if anything, the behaviors of neutered male dogs tended to be considerably less desirable.
Sociodemographic characteristics were included as controls in the models on the basis of numerous studies that document associations between these markers and behavioral outcomes.15 Multiple indicators of positive (eg, closeness, safety) and negative (eg, aggression, negative influence) dimensions of family, school, and community contexts were included on the basis of previous research.1, 7,11 — 15
On social - emotional measures, foster children in the NSCAW study tended to have more compromised functioning than would be expected from a high - risk sample.43 Moreover, as indicated in the previous section, research suggests that foster children are more likely than nonfoster care children to have insecure or disordered attachments, and the adverse long - term outcomes associated with such attachments.44 Many studies of foster children postulate that a majority have mental health difficulties.45 They have higher rates of depression, poorer social skills, lower adaptive functioning, and more externalizing behavioral problems, such as aggression and impulsivity.46 Additionally, research has documented high levels of mental health service utilization among foster children47 due to both greater mental health needs and greater access to services.
Another important difference between the present study and previous ones is the measure used to assess the behavioral phenotype.
Previous studies have found that children's negative academic self - concept increases the risk of behavioral problems affecting their quality of life beyond school - age (Harter, 1993; Marsh and O'Mara, 2008).
Previous studies that have investigated these relationships in clinic - referred children with disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs), have found parents» coaching of emotions to be inversely associated with severity of behavioral problems [34], and less characteristic of the parents of conduct - problem children versus non-clinic controls [35].
Previous studies have found that the students who receive social - emotional education have reduced levels of anxiety and behavioral issues and an overall improvement in their learning than those who do not.
Previous studies have shown that maternal depression has a negative effect on young hearing children, slowing their cognitive development and predicting behavioral problems.