Sentences with phrase «decades performed studies»

Merzenich questioned whether the same could be true for adults, and during the next two decades performed studies which revolutionised understanding of the mature brain.

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Nearly a decade ago, the perils of overhydration during exercise were confirmed in two seminal studies performed on 488 Boston Marathon runners (8) and 2135 endurance athletes.

«Decades of research, including longitudinal studies, have shown that as securely attached babies get older, they form better relationships with others, have higher self - esteem, are more flexible and resilient under stress, and perform better in every aspect of life, from schoolwork to peer interactions.»

The study provides a straightforward answer to a puzzle that comparative neuroanatomists have been wrestling with for more than a decade: how can birds with their small brains perform complicated cognitive behaviors?

«Most pain medications that have been tested in the past decade have failed in phase II human trials despite performing well in animal models,» notes Clifford Woolf, MD, PhD, director of Boston Children's F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center and a co-senior investigator on the study with Michael Costigan, PhD.

«Scientists have been performing body - wave tomography with signals from earthquakes and explosives for decades,» said study coauthor Jesse Lawrence, an assistant professor of geophysics at Stanford.

Practicing medicine and performing nutritional studies for decades, and even going through their own transformations to plant - based diets as they learned more and participated in various experiments.

Throughout the last decades, numerous studies were performed to discover the real effects of regular drinking of sweetened beverages.

Based on studies performed over the last decades, calorie - restricted diets or diets restricted in fat generally have an insignificant effect on our long - term weight loss.

Over the past several decades, numerous studies have established that eccentric contractions can maximize the force exerted and the work performed by muscle... that they can attenuate the mechanical effects of impact forces; and that they enhance the [good] tissue damage associated with exercise.

After decades of studying sex, I also know now that masturbation is the single healthiest act an adult can perform, better for you than a daily shower.

The study found that regional inequalities across children sitting exams at age 16 have remained stubborn over the last three decades, with areas such as the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, the West Midlands and the East Midlands persistently under - performing, whilst London's performance has surged.

Parrett, a regular NSBA speaker for two decades, offered insights into his studies of dozens of U.S. high - poverty / high - performing schools during a Friday preconference workshop at NSBA's Annual Conference in Boston.

The challenging topics taken up by the study group — trauma, racial equity, and low - performing schools — have been at the core of educational opportunity for decades, and they aren't going away any time soon,» said Keith Poston, President and Executive Director, Public School Forum of North Carolina.

Studies that have been performed over the past several decades have given added weight to the importance of early childhood education in preparing children to enter and succeed in a post-kindergarten school environment.

One of the most dramatic examples involves a study Morningstar did of the top performing mutual fund of the decade from 2000 to 2009.

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