Sentences with phrase «abnormal behaviour of»

Research led by scientists from Duke - NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke - NUS) has linked the abnormal behaviour of two genes (BDNF and DTNBP1) to the underlying cause of schizophrenia.

Not exact matches

But not since Freud's pseudoscientific theories early last century has psychiatry claimed any broad theoretical basis for making sense of our normal and abnormal feelings, thinking and social behaviours — the complexities at the heart of being human.

They found striking differences at several genes, which can explain both the abnormal type of egg production that leads to reproduction without males, and the unique social parasitism behaviour.

We know that great majority of both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are caused by abnormal and harmful response (behaviour) of the immune system.

Prevent Duty is meant to alert teachers to the possibilities of «non-violent extremism»; to look out for warning signs such as changes in vocabulary, withdrawal from social circles, or abnormal behaviour.

A mild hint of instability can cause abnormal market behaviour.

Large syrinxes leading to damage to the dorsal part of the spinal cord are leading to abnormal behaviour seen by cavalier King Charles spaniels.

Regarding the actual petition we also have access to heaps of evidence on the well - recognised link between early separation from the mother — called maternal deprivation — and animal suffering resulting in abnormal behaviours; insufficient socialization leading to separation anxiety, nervous aggression, as well as stressful phobias.

The veterinary behaviourist must also receive training in normal species typical behaviour, comparative animal behaviour, the principles of learning and behaviour modification, abnormal behaviour, psychopharmacology and the effects of disease on behaviour, and must work for at least two years seeing cases under the mentorship of a board certified behaviourist.

Ferrets should be checked on a daily basis for signs of illness such as unusual discharges, or abnormal behaviour.

The abnormal behaviour I can not explain; try to think of things which have changed recently or an event that occurred prior to the behaviour changes.

Common behaviour that is normal — Sudden burst of energy may seem abnormal but for a hamster this is common.

If dogs can not live according to their instincts, they usually develop abnormal behaviour such as extremely possessive attitudes, the «herding «of people and other dogs, the «herding «of toys, chasing cars and so on.

The issue which, prior to the decision in Mirvahedy, caused the courts most difficulty was whether the keeper of an animal was strictly liable for damage resulting from behaviour which was in no way abnormal for an animal of the species in particular circumstances.

The teratogenic effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the developing brain can lead to neurodevelopmental deficits in the child.10 At high levels of exposure, and during vulnerable time points during pregnancy, prenatal alcohol exposure has cognitive and behavioural impacts that may affect a child's academic performance and behaviour.11 12 In addition to in utero effects of alcohol, children exposed to heavy parental alcohol use postnatally have been identified as having abnormal developmental and social trajectories.

The majority of items comprising the «rigidity» factor are all of those that constituted two separate factors labelled «abnormal language» and «stereotyped behaviour» in the previous EFA of the SCQ in children with ASD and other psychiatric problems (Berument et al. 1999).

Only between 5 % and 12 % of children are reported by their parents to have behaviour which places them within the abnormal range on any subscale indicating severe difficulties.

Hyperactivity was the only behaviour affected by the child's gender with boys more likely to have difficulties in this domain than girls; 22 % of boys returned a score in the borderline or abnormal range compared with 15 % of girls.

Parents answered 25 questions about a range of aspects of their child's behaviour from which normal, borderline and abnormal scores for various domains, as well as an aggregate assessment, can be derived.

Indeed, literature in the field of developmental and abnormal psychology defines aggression in very broad terms, 2 describing a set of behaviours that range from typical and adaptive to atypical and maladaptive.

To examine patterns of change in social, emotional and behavioural characteristics between pre-school and entry to primary school in more detail, children were again divided into three groups according to their score on each of the scales at age 3 and at primary school entry indicating different severities of difficult behaviour (normal, borderline or abnormal, see Appendix 2 for details of the score ranges each SDQ scale for these classifications).

However, it is clear that a small proportion of children do have quite severe difficulties at this point; between 5 % and 12 % of children are reported by their parents to have behaviour which places them in the abnormal classification on any scale.

between 5 % and 12 % of children are reported by their parents to have behaviour which places them in the abnormal classification.

Figure 3.2 presents the abnormal and borderline scores across deprivation categories for each of the SDQ's domains, as well as the total difficulties score (derived from all the domains apart from pro-social behaviour).

«It's very easy to look for abnormal behaviours, the presence of things really marks itself but the absence of things is hard to look for and they are quite subtle in those early years.»

In contrast, just 7.4 % of children who were in the abnormal group on the Pro-social Behaviour scale were in the abnormal group on the Emotional Symptoms scale, though it should be noted that there were few children of this age in the abnormal Emotional Symptoms group overall.