Sentences with phrase «using behavioral studies»

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Studying behavioral trends like this one could be an obscure process that only data scientists could handle — but QuizUp used Amplitude's data analysis tools.

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.

Other crucial discoveries that were made under the study include 281 apps that collected the location or contact data of children without asking for permission from parents, and 1,100 apps that shared persistent identifying information that can be used for behavioral advertising methods that are banned to be used on children.

Some church consultants — for instance, those of the London - based Grubb Institute of Behavioral Studies — again use a mechanist approach to the congregation, but with more attention to organicist methods than Schaller employs.

«This study will be gratefully received by many for its advice on how our increasing understanding of adolescent development can be put to practical use in helping adolescents through the emotional and behavioral tumult....

And a twin study — using the tools of behavioral genetics — found that genetic factors had a negligible impact on the development of theory of mind skills (Hughes et al 2005).

Experimenting With Babies: 50 Science Projects You Can Perform on Your Kid shows parents how to recreate landmark scientific studies on cognitive, motor, social and behavioral development — using their own bundles of joy as the research subjects.

While the theoretical principles guiding the use of the NBO and the accompanying training program, include many of the conceptual themes that informed our work with the NBAS, they are influenced by theoretical and clinical principles from the fields of infant mental health, child development, brain development, behavioral pediatrics, systems theory, communication studies, nursing, early intervention and cultural studies, among its influences.

At the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Department of Neurology his research team pioneered the first studies of the physiology and behavior of mothers and infant sleeping together and apart, using physiological and behavioral recording devices.

The study team conducted a series of behavioral and brain imaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

Focusing on the neural pathway from the brain's prefrontal cortex to the amygdala, they combined optogenetics — a technique that uses light to control the activity of neurons in living tissue — with behavioral testing, a methodology that allows researchers to study functional connections between different regions of the brain.

The researchers said the main goals of their study were to better understand generational differences related to tablet use and to predict individuals» behavioral intention to use the devices.

«Chimpanzees are ideal for this study because to collect this observational behavioral data, you don't need to collar them or use any invasive methods.

«We have now found a potential mechanism, and at this point in our research, we need to test human participants in a blinded, placebo controlled clinical study — the same technique we used to study the behavioral effects of acupuncture in rats,» says Eshkevari, a nurse anesthetist and licensed acupuncturist.

«Our results indicate that this simple intervention could be an effective and scalable approach to use the design of electronic health records to increase the rate of flu vaccinations, which are estimated to prevent millions of flu cases and tens of thousands of related hospitalizations every year,» said study lead author Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, an assistant professor of Medicine and Health Care Management in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, a staff physician at the Crescenz VA Medical Center, and director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, whose work is supported by the Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics.

By replicating how people behave when concealing a weapon or other item, researchers assessed detection accuracy and recorded behavioral cues that study participants used to make their decisions.

Currently, Deng's laboratory is conducting additional preclinical studies using the human - derived stem cells from Down syndrome patients and mouse models to determine whether cellular and behavioral abnormalities can be improved with minocycline therapy and other candidate drugs.

In a study published recently in American Behavioral Scientist, researchers at the University of Georgia, San Diego State University and Syracuse University found that consumers are becoming more accepting of native advertisements, especially when they are sponsored by a company with which the consumer has a strong relationship or if the advertisements provide information the consumer can use.

«We are in the process of implementing interventional studies that will evaluate these questions using behavioral and biological assessments.

The lab has been particularly active in the development and use of novel behavioral assays that provide a unique approach to the study of drug - behavior interactions.

These comprised not only «conventional» behavioral studies, but also the physical effects on the brains of test participants by measuring the Blood Oxygen Level - dependent (BOLD) response using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans.

The study shatters the widely held myth that tool use and laterality are connected only in humans, say behavioral scientists.

The researchers then used a battery of behavioral and biochemical tests to study the mice after weaning.

«We studied the use of a behavioral intervention where people learn how to use spices and herbs and less salt in their daily lives.»

In the second phase, half of the study volunteers participated in a 20 - week behavioral intervention aimed at reducing their sodium intake to 1,500 mg / day by using spices and herbs.

«The flexibility of the jays» reactions in different social situations, and the use of these tactics across different sensory domains [sight and sound] supports the notion that the jays have something like a theory of mind — an understanding of others» points of view,» says Lisa Leaver, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom who was not involved in the study.

To identify the brain regions involved in canceling a decision, the new study recruited 21 subjects for a modified «stop signal task,» a commonly used neuroscientific behavioral test that involves canceling a planned movement.

The UA study also used another nationally representative survey, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System administered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to measure how often Native Americans and whites engaged in excessive drinking in the past month.

The researchers used advanced statistical approaches to study the data collected between 2001 and 2011 as part of the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

But mice are also used all the time to obtain easy measurements in harmless lifestyle and behavioral studies.

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.

Prescribing both a stimulant and an antipsychotic drug to children with physical aggression and attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with teaching parents to use behavior management techniques, reduces aggressive and serious behavioral problems in the children, according to a study conducted by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

To support their behavioral studies, the HHMI Janelia group performed deep brain imaging in freely - moving AGRP - specific calcium reporter mice using miniature head - mounted fluorescent microscopes.

The Southern California Behavioral Response Study exposed tagged blue whales in the California Bight to simulated mid-frequency (3.5 - 4 kHz) sonar sounds significantly less intense than the military uses.

«Our study affirms and may help explain why people who regularly use cocaine are more willing to partake in risky sex when under the influence of cocaine, and underscores why public health officials and physicians should be ensuring that cocaine users are supplied with condoms to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted disease,» says Matthew Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

In the Yerkes and Mount Sinai study, the research team sought to determine whether non-surgical exposure to sevoflurane, an inhaled anesthetic commonly used with children, could lead to cognitive and behavioral alterations in a nonhuman primate (NHP) model.

Using software connected to the desks themselves, Benden and another graduate student, Parag Sharma, are studying what factors and behavioral prompts affect the behavior of about 1000 people in three offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, Australia.

The working group also recommended ending five of 13 comparative genomics and behavioral studies that use 10 of about 300 animals.

To conduct the study, Salas and her colleagues from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), which painlessly and noninvasively delivers electromagnetic currents to precise locations in the brain and can temporarily and safely disrupt the function of the targeted area.

«In both behavioral tests used in this study, the mice need to control the paw movement,» explains Yi Li, M.D., a Henry Ford neuroscientist and lead author of the study.

In their new Journal of Experimental Social Psychology study, the researchers conducted a series of experiments that included male and female university undergraduates as well as a set of subjects recruited using Amazon's «Mechanical Turk,» a tool in which individuals are compensated for completing small tasks and is frequently used in running behavioral science studies.

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.

One study hints at subtle neural and behavioral anomalies in dentists, who collectively use 300 metric tons of mercury in amalgams each year and who often have two to five times the typical concentration of mercury in their urine.

«Disparities are occurring as early as high school and therefore it is crucial to address alcohol and marijuana use early on, especially for nonwhite youth,» said Elizabeth D'Amico, lead author of the study and senior behavioral scientist at RAND.

In the study, the researchers used behavioral tests, as well as neuroimaging, to investigate whether there is an influence of biological sex on facial recognition, according to Suzy Scherf, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience.

Gabrielle Nevitt, a sensory ecologist at the University of California, Davis, adds that the findings complement growing evidence from behavioral studies that many birds use their sense of smell to find food, avoid predators, and select mates.

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.

«This study confirms in an animal model that high - THC cannabis use by adolescents may have long - lasting behavioral effects,» said lead author Dr. Ken Mackie, professor in the IU College of Arts and Sciences» Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and director of the Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science at IU Bloomington.

Researchers at McLean's Behavioral Genetics Lab are using animal models to study the effects of nicotine on vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a study funded by the Department of Defense (DoD).

«This is the first study to examine olfactory systems in adult mice with regard to the potential to reverse the behavioral and neuroanatomical effects of emotional learning using extinction,» said Morrison.