Sentences with phrase «as handedness»

The researchers plan to expand their data collection with more volunteers, and see whether incorporating other variables such as handedness or education level can increase accuracy.

Not exact matches

One hemisphere may be slightly dominant, as with left - or right - handedness.»

According to a 1977 paper in the journal Psychological Bulletin, «there is remarkably little evidence for any association of left - handedness with deficit, as has often been suggested».

Indeed, this left - brained specialisation for language is even more common than right - handedness — which might suggest that as the left hemisphere evolved for language, the preference for the right hand may have intensified simply as a side effect.

With this criticism of the Democrats offered as a testimony of their even handedness and sincerity, they piously go on to tell Republicans that now is the time to engage in bipartisanship and follow a course of compromise.

We have also become more aware of discrimination with reference to such things as class, age, disability, and left - handedness.

Within it, one can condemn, as the Popes have consistently done, Palestinian terrorism without rejecting the legitimacy of Palestinian peoplehood, even as one can condemn Israeli heavy - handedness in the administration of the territories without rejecting the validity of the Jewish State or its necessity as a place of security for the Jewish people.

Maybe lineups should be viewed in light of possible defensive shift mixes as much as pitcher handedness and nominal position, especially with starters going fewer innings (making platoon splits against the opposing starting pitcher less important).

Nine out of ten kids prefer their right hand, but being left - handed is perfectly normal — it's just not as common as right - handedness.

While lamenting that «virtually all research activities at CRIN had been grounded since 2013 as a result of disillusionment following the insensitivity and high handedness of Professor Akoroda», the aggrieved workers enjoined the Presidency to beem its flashlight to the affairs at Cocoa Research Institute, before much more havoc is done.

Amaechi however described the development as a crass show of high handedness, arbitrary behaviour and abuse of public office by a State governor who has no care for the safety of Rivers people.

Some protesters as well as journalists were injured by what many described as police high - handedness in handling the situation, an action condemned by former presidents Mahama and Rawlings.

Despite all these examples of laterality, it still came as a surprise last November when a study found that some bees exhibited handedness when they had to run an obstacle course.

Researchers hope that figuring out handedness will help them better understand brain organization and the causes of conditions such as dyslexia, stuttering, autism and schizophrenia.

They also say that — as in humans — left - handedness is often associated with developmental anomalies.

Researchers say they have the first good evidence that genes play a significant role in chimp handedness, just as they are believed to in humans.

«Around 85 % of humans are right - handed; it seems the standard in human development,» De Kovel adds, «but genetic and environmental factors may provide alternative paths of development, such as left - handedness or two - handedness.

While something different is meant in each instance, these concepts of handedness and symmetry permeate science as well as our everyday lives.

Researchers had previously theorized that a certain type of spiraling starlight could have locked in the chirality, or handedness, of relatively large organic, carbon - based molecules such as amino acids and sugars in living organisms.

As for the theory that handedness is the outward mark of a souped - up, speech - enabled, asymmetrical brain, that may be little more than modern - day phrenology.

One Oxford neurobiologist went so far as to argue that right - handedness could be traced back 200,000 years to a single mutation — a sort of genetic Big Bang that created hemispheric specialization, language, and higher cognitive functioning in one go.

Just as right - handedness indicates left - brain dominance in most humans, brain laterality was determined in birds by observing which eye each bird used to fixate on a piece of food and which foot grabbed it.

(The L and D stand for Latin words for rotating to the left or the right, as some molecular structures can have left - or - right handedness or chirality).

These pairs of closely spaced energy states had the same amounts of angular momentum and corresponded to seemingly identical nucleifacts that the physicists took as evidence of handedness.

The molecules» «handedness» is referred to as chirality.

The 2D: 4D ratio has also been fingered in connection with brain - related characteristics — most often in males — such as depression, left - handedness, musical ability, and homosexuality.

As described in the main text, ordered logistic regression analyses were carried out for each brain region in which social network distances were modeled as a function of local neural response similarities and dyadic dissimilarities in control variables (gender, ethnicity, nationality, age, and handednessAs described in the main text, ordered logistic regression analyses were carried out for each brain region in which social network distances were modeled as a function of local neural response similarities and dyadic dissimilarities in control variables (gender, ethnicity, nationality, age, and handednessas a function of local neural response similarities and dyadic dissimilarities in control variables (gender, ethnicity, nationality, age, and handedness).

It might be weird to think about molecules as expressing «handedness.»

The MOFs also possess a particular handedness known as «chirality» — like a left - handed person vs. a right - handed person — that selectively binds with molecular samples that also possess this handedness.

The difference in a molecule's handedness is particularly important for pharmaceuticals, as it can mean the difference between a medicine and a poison.

Chirality is sometimes referred to as «handedness.»

And the heavy - handedness of the scripts will prove less amusing as episodes pass.

As far as these types of films go, Moore's screenplay is incredibly unexceptional, pouring on the heavy - handedness unabashedly (including his prized line «sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine, used three times), such as showing the juxtaposition of heterosexual flirtation between Matthew Goode and Tuppence MiddletoAs far as these types of films go, Moore's screenplay is incredibly unexceptional, pouring on the heavy - handedness unabashedly (including his prized line «sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine, used three times), such as showing the juxtaposition of heterosexual flirtation between Matthew Goode and Tuppence Middletoas these types of films go, Moore's screenplay is incredibly unexceptional, pouring on the heavy - handedness unabashedly (including his prized line «sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine, used three times), such as showing the juxtaposition of heterosexual flirtation between Matthew Goode and Tuppence Middletoas showing the juxtaposition of heterosexual flirtation between Matthew Goode and Tuppence Middleton.

And above all, as in the best Alexander Payne fashion, the undercurrent of serious themes underneath never erupt into false injection of drama or heavy - handedness — even the saddest moments rank among the funniest.

While Frances McDormand's performance has been hailed as a tour - de-force, the screenplay has been repeatedly criticized for its heavy - handedness and problematic redemption arc for a racist cop.

The music too, is initially sweet and welcome but as the film wears on the «heartland America» vibe starts to grate in its heavy - handedness — one particular musical motif becomes especially insistent as time goes on, and if we were feeling unkind we could liken its use to having someone in the seat next to you repeat the word «bittersweet» in your ear ad infinitum, in case you weren't too sure how you should be feeling.

It goes something like this: Step away from federal heavy - handedness around states» accountability and teacher credentialing systems; keep plenty of transparency of results in place, especially test scores disaggregated by racial and other subgroups; offer incentives for embracing promising reforms instead of mandates; and give school districts a lot more flexibility to move their federal dollars around as they see fit.

Rhee's heavy - handedness in dealing with the Washington Teacher's Union conveyed her attitude that a non-unionized teacher force would better serve justice for children, as if children would benefit from their teachers lacking the few remaining benefits accrued by collective bargaining, such as nominal job security and shrinking pensions.

NCLB's critics have long cited inadequate planning and funding as causes of the program's implementation failures — shortfalls that only exacerbated the perception of federal heavy - handedness.

This pattern is seen in humans as well, as more men are lefties than women, and it indicates that handedness is linked to sex hormones, though this connection needs to be further explored.

«The more complex and challenging (the task), the more likely we're going to see true handedness,» Dr Wells was quoted in New Scientist as saying.

Finally, statistical studies in human populations have also suggested possible correlations between left - handedness and diseases such as allergies, epilepsy, and eczema.

The approach is not only a relief from the heavy - handedness with which many curators today treat modern art, but also fitting for the artist whose primary goal was, simply, as he told the local press upon his 1933 arrival in North Carolina from Germany, «to open eyes.»

Caivano's paintings are diverse, arriving as if from different directions and at different speeds to the same place, a place made recognizably the artist's through what can only be called handedness.

I'm interested in pairing these two opposites again — this idea of the sleight of hand and this sort of off - handedness, where it seems seamless, and it's almost as if I'm trying to make one continuous long gesture.

Canadian law navigates this conflict of interest through mechanisms such as even - handedness in sharing of information, and independent legal advice.

Attempts at heavy - handedness meet with mixed results in states such as Florida, New York, Connecticut, Louisiana, Missouri and New Jersey (to name a few).