Sentences with phrase «as behavioral research»

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But, as research from neuroscience, psychology and behavioral economics has shown, we humans are not nearly as rational as we think.

Research has shown that medical patients who develop emotional health problems cost more to treat and respond less well to treatment; as a result, says Ahern, «it behooves the medical system to do a better job in detection and treatment of behavioral health because it drives outcomes and drives the costs.»

In her research, behavioral and learning scientist Marily Oppezzo tested groups of people as they brainstormed creative uses for everyday objects.

«As they struggled to figure out what made a team successful, Rozovsky and her colleagues kept coming across research by psychologists and sociologists that focused on what are known as «group norms» - the traditions, behavioral standards, and unwritten rules that govern how teams function when they gather... Norms can be unspoken or openly acknowledged, but their influence is often profound.&raquAs they struggled to figure out what made a team successful, Rozovsky and her colleagues kept coming across research by psychologists and sociologists that focused on what are known as «group norms» - the traditions, behavioral standards, and unwritten rules that govern how teams function when they gather... Norms can be unspoken or openly acknowledged, but their influence is often profound.&raquas «group norms» - the traditions, behavioral standards, and unwritten rules that govern how teams function when they gather... Norms can be unspoken or openly acknowledged, but their influence is often profound.»

In a world of digital transactions, however, you have «no real feel for what you're spending,» says Bloch, who did research in behavioral finance at the University of Florida before embarking on a career that has included turns as a corporate accountant, personal finance video - blogger and founder of a social media marketing company.

He listed «previous research on behavioral econ with Capuchin monkeys,» as past experience relevant to his current work.

His technology is described as «different from most social research measurement instruments» in that it is not solely based on self - reported data — with the follow - on claim being made that: «Using observed data from Facebook users» profiles makes GS» measurements genuinely behavioral.»

Hanlie Van Wyk, Principal Researcher at Behavioral Research and Applied Technology Laboratory (BRATLAB), adds: «Business as usual is unhealthy.

The actual archetypical buyer personas that are created serve as an interface and a narrative to social, cultural, and behavioral research of buyers within organizations as well as in individual environments.

It starts with the accurate understanding of the role of archetype buyer personas as an interface and narrative to ongoing buyer behavioral research.

The circular relationship between individual and social problems becomes increasingly clear as the research findings of the behavioral scientists accumulate.

To the pleasant surprise of many «psychological» sufferers, current research has uncovered a fourth category of symptoms, known as Behavioral.

[10] Given this evidence, there is need for additional research to understand how behavioral nudges and triggers that preserve options, such as chocolate milk, and guide students to more healthful choices [17], [22], [23], [24] could lead students to take, and eat, healthier lunches.

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.

«Based on research and experience, more and more local districts are rejecting the use of ineffective strategies like corporal punishment as an acceptable form of school discipline in favor of effective techniques, like the Positive Behavioral Support system favored by most educators,» said Vitaglione.

As for those who believe that sleep - training harms infants, we have no research evidence that babies who are sleep - trained are at higher risk of behavioral and psychiatric disorders later in life.

Research shows that children who are taught social and emotional skills as preschoolers are less likely to have behavioral problems in kindergarten and grade school.

Please do let me know because I have researched this subject, too, and run a Mother - Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab that permits me to learn everyday how and why mothers and dads sleep as they do, with their babies.

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.

She also serves as the Clinical Director of the Mental Health Interventions and Technology (MINT) program where she has clinical expertise and research interests in cognitive - behavioral treatment of childhood anxiety and disruptive behavior disorders, with a focus on preschool mental health.

Additionally, the effects to the child can be long - term even during their childhood as they may have behavioral issues although the research about this is not conclusive.

He currently serves as the director of research for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Carilion Clinic, and is also an associate professor of psychiatry at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.

Because wealthy white men and women who have children with more than one partner are not the focus of the research on multi-partner fertility, they are largely exempted from conclusions about its dire consequences, such as increased substance abuse, poor educational outcomes and behavioral issues.

Also, misconceptions abound as the field of infant sleep research is limited and the research is primarily focused on one area: behavioral changes.

Armed with research from behavioral psychology and randomized experiments that treat voters as unwitting guinea pigs, the smartest campaigns now believe they know who you will vote for even before you do.

Ninety - two percent of parents surveyed by a city - contracted research firm rate the Pre-K For All program as good or excellent, citing educational and behavioral benefits for their children.

Some pain researchers, such as Michael Robinson of the University of Florida's Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health, fear that using neuroimaging to diagnose chronic pain could distract physicians from dealing with the real problem: patients» experience of pain.

We follow Alda as he meets with archaeologists unearthing stonework from caves in the Dordogne region in southern France and as he participates in behavioral studies on both chimps and children with primatologists at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University in Atlanta.

The study adds to a growing body of research that has previously shown that certain psychological and behavioral traits are associated with particular facial width - to - height ratios (known as FWHR).

Governments around the world have increasingly turned to behavioral science to help address various policy problems — new research shows that some of the best - known strategies derived from behavioral science, commonly referred to as «nudges,» may be extremely cost effective.

Much of the current confusion in neuroscience research on fear stems from the conflation of two separate phenomena that are both labeled «fear»: behavioral and physiological fear responses elicited by threats, such as a snake or a mugger, and conscious feelings of fear, which occur in the same situation but are controlled by a different brain system.

In newly published research in the journal Neuron, Michael Cole, an assistant professor at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, determined that the underlying brain architecture of a person at rest is basically the same as that of a person performing a variety of tasks.

To make that climb a little easier, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers a range of debt repayment programs for scientists who decide to do basic, clinical, or behavioral research in areas targeted by NIH, such as minority health disparities and AIDS.

As a result, when prairie voles are separated from their partners even for a short time, they experience withdrawal - like symptoms, says Larry Young, a behavioral neuroscientist at Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center and co-author of the study.

«This confirms that while unique to each individual, some aspects of the family connectome are inherited and maintained throughout development and may be useful as early biomarkers of mental or neurological conditions,» said lead author Oscar Miranda - Dominguez, Ph.D., research assistant professor of behavioral neuroscience, OHSU School of Medicine.

Clyde Francks, head of the MPI research group «Brain and behavioral asymmetries» and Research Fellow at the Donders Institute at the Radboud University, explains, «We think that these very early left - right differences in the spinal cord may act to trigger some of the later asymmetries of the brain, such as the eventual dominance of the left hemisphere for language functions in most adultsresearch group «Brain and behavioral asymmetries» and Research Fellow at the Donders Institute at the Radboud University, explains, «We think that these very early left - right differences in the spinal cord may act to trigger some of the later asymmetries of the brain, such as the eventual dominance of the left hemisphere for language functions in most adultsResearch Fellow at the Donders Institute at the Radboud University, explains, «We think that these very early left - right differences in the spinal cord may act to trigger some of the later asymmetries of the brain, such as the eventual dominance of the left hemisphere for language functions in most adults».

Here, a referral suggests that the teacher perceives the student as having social, emotional, or behavioral skills that are problematic enough to warrant outside help, reaffirming earlier research showing that teachers perceive misbehavior by black boys as more aggressive and problematic than misbehavior by white boys.

The paper will be in a forthcoming print issue and is currently available in The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research as an Online First article.

This example suggests «that almost all basic science behavioral research and experimental psychopathology research would be viewed misleadingly as a clinical trial,» wrote neuroscientist William Iacono of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in one of more than 30 comments expressing concern on the Open Mike blog of NIH extramural chief Michael Lauer.

In fact, according to the 2000 National Research Council report, Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists, Ph.D. scientists were named as PIs on more clinical grants funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality than M.D.s or M.D. / Ph.D. s in fiscal year 1997 in the United States.

Research in the social, behavioral and economic sciences (SBE) builds fundamental knowledge of human behavior, interactions, and social and economic systems, as well as organizations and institutions.

They do social science, health, philosophical, policy, or legal research on topics such as privacy, confidentiality, the psychological impact of genetic information, informed - consent issues in genomics research, commercialization of genetic products, genetically modified foods, behavioral genetics, gene testing, and gene therapy.

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.

The chair of the panel, Representative Mo Brooks (R - AL), explained that «the goal of this hearing is not to question whether the social, behavioral, and economic sciences produce interesting and sound research, as I believe we all can agree that they do.»

Preliminary research has suggested that, «if the target is to improve older adults» cognitive control, reasoning, and higher - order cognitive skills, and stave off dementia and Alzheimer's as long as possible, then maybe strategy games are the way to go,» said Chandramallika Basak, assistant professor at the Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.

«As prohibitions on marijuana ease and sales of marijuana become more visible, it's important to think about how we need to change the way we talk to young people about the risks posed by the drug,» said Elizabeth D'Amico, lead author of the study and a senior behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

Parents looking to feed their children more of these foods should be mindful that as they gain weight they'll need more of them to make a difference, said lead author Lisa Christian, an associate professor of psychiatry in the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research at Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center.

In its twenty years of operation, the NRSA program has made it possible for many thousands of talented individuals in the basic biomedical, behavioral, and clinical sciences to sharpen their research skills and to apply those skills to topics of special concern to the nation, such as aging, hypertension, the genetic basis of disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), cancer, environmental toxicology, nutrition and health, and substance abuse.

Specifically this Notice: 1) develops principles based on 20 years» experience of providing instruction in responsible conduct of research by the scientific research community; 2) is more specific about who should participate, how often instruction should occur, and the form that instruction should take; 3) addresses issues that have arisen as the practice of biomedical, behavioral and clinical science has evolved; and 4) provides guidance to applicants, peer reviewers and NIH staff in determining how well specific plans for instruction in responsible conduct of research compare with the best practices accumulated over the past two decades by the research training community.

The research focuses on the molecular and behavioral correlates of stress - like and depressive - like states that contribute to the acquisition and maintenance of addictive behavior as well as to craving and relapse during periods of withdrawal.