Sentences with phrase «consistent patterns of activity»

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By itself this finding is consistent with a materialist view of mind (if, as materialism requires, the brain enables the mind, then abnormal patterns of brain activity are likely to be correlated with dysfunctional mental states).

They are also studying the effects of patterns of activity — for example, whether a consistent level of moderate activity has different effects from overall low levels punctuated by periods of vigorous activity.

To pin down the nature of their dozen candidates, Hailey's team plotted their spectral peaks and tracked their activity across time, finding patterns consistent with previous observations of binary black hole emissions elsewhere in the galaxy.

The patterns were surprisingly consistent from person to person, to the extent that the researchers could predict, based on brain activity, the feelings of an individual who had never been scanned before.

In addition, during sleep the brain - wave patterns of dogs are similar to people's, and they exhibit the same stages of electrical activity that are observed in humans — all of which is consistent with the idea that dogs are dreaming.

«If human activity has caused the terrestrial landscape to become more island - like, more fragmented,» Gotelli said, «that would be consistent with this pattern of more segregated species pairs.»

However, despite the fact that groups of howlers exhibit distinct diets depending on spatial and temporal patterns of resource availability, activity patterns are consistent across howler groups and species.

Interestingly, these neural - activity patterns appeared somewhat distinct from those that usually appear when brain - scan subjects complete tasks associated with emotions like empathy or thinking about other peopleâ $ ™ s points of view, which is consistent with the idea that gratitude is a unique emotion.

It is now known that the observed pattern of tropospheric warming and stratospheric cooling over the past 30 to 40 years is broadly consistent with computer model simulations that include increases in CO2 and decreases in stratospheric ozone, each caused by human activities.

Our experiments show that the solar cycle influences tropospheric rainfall patterns in a manner consistent with some observations, with increased solar activity favoring precipitation north of the equator (for example, the South Asian monsoon) and decreased precipitation both near the equator and at northern mid-latitudes.

And on those pages it said the FBI had discovered «patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings.»

Although the fourth quarter represents a decrease over the third, the last three quarters of 2016 have generally seen a higher level of IPR activity roughly consistent with the pattern of the previous year.

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Depression may show up as irritability, consistent high reactivity or sad mood, high sensitivity to rejection, failure and perceived criticism, consistent complaints of physical aches and pains, withdrawing from friends, major changes in sleeping and eating patterns, extreme sensitivity to criticism, no longer interested in activities previously enjoyed, self - injury and persistent low energy.