Sentences with phrase «such behavioral studies»

Such behavioral studies do not rule out in advance other perspectives that may yield greater insight into the distinctive qualities of human beings.

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To date, results from several longitudinal studies indicate that e-cigarette use among nonsmoking youth increases the likelihood of future use of conventional cigarettes.5 — 10 Specifically, the pooled odds ratio (OR) in a recent meta - analysis of studies of adolescents and young adults (aged 14 — 30) indicates that those who had ever used e-cigarettes were 3.62 times more likely to report using cigarettes at follow - up compared with those who had not used e - cigarettes.11 This finding was robust and remained significant when adjusting for known risk factors associated with cigarette smoking, including demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral variables such as cigarette susceptibility.

Studies in behavioral finance, which look into the effects of investor psychology on stock prices, also reveal investors are subject to many biases such as confirmation, loss aversion and overconfidence biases.

The study also uncovered certain personality and behavioral traits predictive of such behavior.

Additional evidence for such ability is provided by the Gorilla Language Research Project, a longitudinal study of the linguistic and behavioral development of lowland gorillas.

Fathers are cited more than mothers in issues such as psychological maladjustment, substance abuse, depression and behavioral problems, according to research done by Ronald Rohner, director of the Center for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection in the School of Family Studies at the University of Connecticut, and his colleague Robert Veneziano.

Compared to studies examining the effects of behavioral sleep programs such as extinction - based techniques in infants over 6 months of age, fewer studies have looked at such strategies in infants under 6 months of age.

«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.»

Such studies also should include social, behavioral, and economic sciences, Leshner added.

Deciphering the onset time can impact how the doctor treats the woman's depression, such as intervening earlier with psychiatric help, if needed, said Sheehan Fisher, the study's corresponding author and an instructor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Young notes that such studies suggest social media have great potential to nudge behavioral changes.

But no such ecological factors turned out to be responsible during the 2 decades that behavioral ecologists Charles Brown and Mary Bomberger Brown of the University of Tulsa have been studying cliff swallows along Nebraska's Platte River.

One study, for instance, asserted that meth abusers might be too cognitively damaged to benefit from rehabilitative treatments, such as cognitive behavioral therapies.

Behavioral and genetics studies requiring more animals could potentially be done in nontraditional research setting such as sanctuaries or zoos, suggested working group co-chair neurologist Daniel Geschwind of the University of California, Los Angeles.

This may sound intuitive, but before we did this study there was scant behavioral evidence that adult forage fish, such as anchovies, sardines and herring used smell to find food.

A new study by an MIT economist sheds more light on the quirks of people's actions in such cases and suggests that, in addition to immediate financial needs, persistent behavioral characteristics play a key role in even short - term pocketbook decisions.

However, she said, further studies would be required to confirm the findings and to account for behavioral differences between populations such as smoking, birth control use, and age at first sexual activity.

EthoVision XT is used in a wide range of fields, mostly related to neurosciences, such as toxicology, safety pharmacology, psychopharmacology, drug discovery, molecular biology, genetics, behavioral neurosciences, but also in applied ethology, and animal welfare studies.

With the availability of this remarkable tool, it's hard to understand why so many researchers continue to use grain - based chow diets in nutrition studies and even, as we shall see, in studies that are not necessarily nutrition - oriented, such as drug and compound efficacy studies, or behavioral studies.

Nevertheless, the founding miRNAs such as lin - 4 and let - 7 exhibit profound defects, and our studies have revealed a plethora of developmental and / or behavioral phenotypes in Drosophila miRNA knockouts.

For example, our studies identified transcription factors, RNA binding proteins, and signaling genes as critical miRNA targets during contexts such as development of peripheral sensory organs, wing, eye, and CNS, or during behavioral contexts such as egg - laying, rhythmic behavior, and locomotor activity (Figure 2).

A similar study in the U.K. found that children whose fathers experienced postpartum depression were roughly twice as likely as their peers to display emotional or behavioral problems (such as hyperactivity) at age 3, even when the mother's history of depression was taken into account.

Their study, published this week in JAMA, concludes that such devices «may not offer an advantage over standard behavioral weight - loss approaches.»

«Even a simple assessment of the quality of the mother - infant interaction at such an early age captures something very important in terms of the future psychological health of that infant,» says Joanna Maselko, PhD, the lead author of the study and an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical School, in Durham, N.C.

The study also suggests that health insurance should cover services — such as infant - massage classes — that have been shown to strengthen the child - caregiver relationship, says Robin Gurwitch, PhD, a professor of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

About 1 in 5 patients with depression does not respond to treatments such as antidepressants or cognitive behavioral therapy, the study authors noted.

In a clinical study of nearly 100 boys, those with lower levels of omega - 3 fatty acids demonstrated more learning and behavioral problems (such as temper tantrums and sleep disturbances) than boys with normal omega - 3 fatty acid levels.

In addition to goitrogens, crucifers also contain substances called nitriles that can release cyanide into tissues and result in general toxicity at high doses.15 A 2004 study conducted in Japan suggested that massive doses of nitriles, doses that are impossible to obtain from food, would be required in order to result in toxicity.16 This study used behavioral endpoints such as restlessness to judge toxicity.

A recent study from the journal behavioral brain research shows that regular, steady state cardio such as brisk walking or jogging resulted in higher blood levels of hormones that is associated with a strong memory.

However, many studies supporting this logic use unrealistic doses (such as 100 mg THC), and behavioral studies suggest that only complicated tasks are impaired by marijuana, as a similar study with tasks of variable difficulty level showed that people are still able to perform simple tasks.

A review by Dinan et al. encompasses the clinical basis for the use of probiotics in mental health with reference to animal studies in which behavioral changes resulted from exposure to bacterial strains such as bifidobacterium and lactobacillus.

The study sample included interventions such as student counseling, behavioral interventions, family therapy, interdisciplinary team meetings, criminal prosecution, case management.

While most of the movement between classes was due to parental complaints or behavioral problems, the attrition figures could also reflect other factors unrelated to the study, such as students» moving out of a school's geographic zone or having to repeat a grade.

The most recent report is a meta - analysis of over 200 experimental studies of social and emotional learning which have demonstrated that SEL programs not only impact social cognitions and behavioral adaptation, but in addition such programs have a substantial effect size on academic achievement.

One of the major reasons these four - legged friends wind up in shelters is due to untreated behavioral problems, according to organizations such as Pet Finders and the National Council on Pet Population Study Policy (NCPPSP).

In one study, Beagle dogs that were given a dose of 0.2 mg / kg of amphetamines (in the form of dextroamphetamine) were observed to determine behavioral and physiological changes, such as body temperature, heart rate, and motor activity.

Sanctioning is one of the first steps toward being approved to hold AKC dog shows and obedience trials, a long - range goal of the club.Sproul and other club officers say they are making a determined effort to continue the programs that Seminole has initiated.The Seminole club has initiated such programs as annual purebred dog exhibitions demonstrating important aspects of owning, raising and training dogs; health seminars that bring in experts to discuss topics that have included hereditary eye defects, skin disorders and behavioral studies; and matches offering ring conditions to provide experience for handlers and dogs.

Since the 1940s, studies in canine behavioral genetics have consistently shown that traits such as fearfulness, impulsivity, problem - solving ability, working drive, and even tendencies toward aggression are strongly influenced by breeding.

The potential benefits of greater energy efficiency in the household sector are large; a 2009 study by Thomas Dietz and colleagues found that annual greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector could be reduced by 20 % within 10 years by employing 17 types of behavioral interventions, such as weatherizing houses or properly maintaining vehicles and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment.

This field of study may be offered as a specialization in a broader major, such as behavioral science, business administration or organizational management.

I studied a variety of commonly used psychology perspectives, such as systems theory, cognitive - behavioral theory, psychoanalytical theory and narrative therapy.

It is thus more difficult to differentiate between the two pathways solely on the basis of behavioral problems during childhood.63 Several studies, however, have observed a small group of very young girls with severe problem behavior who persist in such behavior into adolescence.

Because studies did not correlate their cut points to actual negative consequences such as behavioral or achievement problems, it is difficult to know whether participants who were labeled as having PIU were actually experiencing any offline consequences.

Though the Parents as Teachers (PAT) and Early Head Start (EHS) home visiting programs are less rigorously studied, both programs have been positively linked to improved behavioral outcomes in children, improved academic performance, child's emotional health, and a reduction in child maltreatment constructs, such as hospitalizations and injuries (Karoly et al., 2006; Krugman et al., 2007).

In humans, both the HPA system and the autonomic nervous system show developmental changes in infancy, with the HPA axis becoming organized between 2 and 6 months of age and the autonomic nervous system demonstrating relative stability by 6 to 12 months of age.63 The HPA axis in particular has been shown to be highly responsive to child - caregiver interactions, with sensitive caregiving programming the HPA axis to become an effective physiological regulator of stress and insensitive caregiving promoting hyperreactive or hyporeactive HPA systems.17 Several animal models as well as human studies also support the connection between caregiver experiences in early postnatal life and alterations of autonomic nervous system balance.63 - 65 Furthermore, children who have a history of sensitive caregiving are more likely to demonstrate optimal affective and behavioral strategies for coping with stress.66, 67 Therefore, children with histories of supportive, sensitive caregiving in early development may be better able to self - regulate their physiological, affective, and behavioral responses to environmental stressors and, consequently, less likely to manifest disturbed HPA and autonomic reactivity that put them at risk for stress - related illnesses such as asthma.

Lobato is currently leading a multi-site study examining how psychological and behavioral factors, such as depression and adherence, impact care and outcomes in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

Psychological experts not involved with the research said the study may prove to be an important step in sexual addiction receiving the same degree as legitimacy as other behavioral addictions, such as compulsive gambling.

She enjoys using a variety of methodologies such as participant self - reports, behavioral coding, psychophysiology, and biological measures to study well - being at the individual level as well as the relationship level.

Adoptive parent applicants and any adult members of the household have a duty of candor and must: give true and complete information to the home study provider; disclose any arrest, conviction, or other adverse criminal history in the U.S. or abroad, even if the record has been expunged, sealed, pardoned, or the subject of any other amelioration; and disclose other relevant information, such as physical, mental or emotional health issues or behavioral issues.

Children in the NSCAW study with multiple placements had more compromised outcomes across domains than children who experienced greater placement stability.63 In another study of a large group of foster children, the number of placements children experienced predicted behavioral problems 17 months after placement entry.64 Other studies have reported that placement instability is linked to child behavioral and emotional problems, such as aggression, coping difficulties, poor home adjustment, and low self - concept.65 Relatedly, children's perceptions of the impermanency of their placements have also been linked to behavioral difficulties.66