Sentences with phrase «doing behavioral studies»

Mass Audubon's Hatheway School of Science and Education hosts ornithologists from the United Kingdom, Holland, and Germany to do behavioral studies and lecture on bird ecology at Drumlin Farm.

And what do behavioral studies of captive chimps reveal that can not be learned from studying chimps in the wild and vice versa?

Not exact matches

He recalled a 2010 study by Princeton behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman finding that, while people did not feel happier on a daily basis as their income rose above $ 75,000, they were decidedly unhappier the less they earned below $ 75,000.

«What this study does is really bring home the numbers that we already knew were out there, that firefighters are suffering from PTSD and other behavioral health disorders,» says Brinkley.

Such behavioral studies do not rule out in advance other perspectives that may yield greater insight into the distinctive qualities of human beings.

I have done a little work on developing model behavioral assay procedures for studying the experiences of laboratory rats.

Studies have shown that children with good omega - 3 intake do better in school and have fewer behavioral problems.

A study published in Pediatrics in March of 2017 examined behavioral issues at different ages reported by mothers who were unaware that their children had celiac disease, as compared to behavior reported by mothers who were aware that their children had celiac and mothers of children who did not have celiac disease at all.

According to an article in Psychology Today by clinical psychologist and sleep disorder specialist Michael J Breus, a 2011 study showed that bed - sharing does not negatively affect cognitive or behavioral development in young children.

Dr. James McKenna is a leading researcher in the field of bed - sharing and has quite a few studies quoted on the Mother - Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at University of Notre Dame website: http://www.nd.edu/~jmckenn1/lab/media.html The more important point here is that no professional should tell you what to do.

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.

«Mothers who don't discuss their results with their kids are relatively less satisfied and feel more conflicted,» says Kenneth Tercyak, director of behavioral prevention research at Georgetown Lombardi and lead author of the study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

One of the key findings of the study concluded that «children who were aware of the circumstances of their birth were more vulnerable to the effects of maternal distress,» meaning there was not necessarily a link between children knowing or not knowing and how well - adjusted they were, but if they did know the circumstances of their birth, and their mothers showed signs of distress, the children were more likely to show signs of behavioral problems.

In fact, according to a new study, crying it out does not cause children to develop emotional, behavioral, or parental attachment problems and, in short, crying won't do any long - term damage.

According to a 2013 study published in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, people who had NDEs became more tolerant of others, gained a greater appreciation of nature and understood themselves better compared with those who didn't experience an NDE.

, 1968 Zick Rubin, «The Social Psychology of Romantic Love», 1969 Elliot Aronson, «Some Antecedents of Interpersonal Attraction», 1970 David C. Glass and Jerome E. Singer, «The Urban Condition: Its Stresses and Adaptations — Experimental Studies of Behavioral Consequences of Exposure to Aversive Events», 1971 Norman H. Anderson, «Information Integration Theory: A Brief Survey», 1972 Lenora Greenbaum, «Socio - Cultural Influences on Decision Making: An Illustrative Investigation of Possession - Trance in Sub-Saharan Africa», 1973 William E. McAuliffe and Robert A. Gordon, «A Test of Lindesmith's Theory of Addiction: The Frequency of Euphoria Among Long - Term Addicts», 1974 R. B. Zajonc and Gregory B. Markus, «Intellectual Environment and Intelligence», 1975 Johnathan Kelley and Herbert S. Klein, «Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality: The Bolivian National Revolution», 1977 Murray Melbin, «Night as Frontier», 1978 Ronald S. Wilson, «Synchronies in Mental Development: An Epigenetic Perspective», 1979 Bibb Latane, Stephen G. Harkins, and Kipling D. Williams, «Many Hands Make Light the Work: The Causes and Consequences of Social Loafing», 1980 Gary Wayne Strong, «Information, Pattern, and Behavior: The Cognitive Biases of Four Japanese Groups», 1981 Richard A. Shweder and Edmund J. Bourne, «Does the Concept of the Person Vary Cross Culturally?»

«Chimpanzees are ideal for this study because to collect this observational behavioral data, you don't need to collar them or use any invasive methods.

His has done behavioral and cognitive studies of both chimpanzees and bonobos living in African sanctuaries.

«My study shows, among other things, that the children of mothers who drank small quantities of alcohol — 90 units or more — during their pregnancies show significantly better emotional and behavioral outcomes at age seven compared to children of mothers who did not drink at all.

«We've had this idea that discrimination is associated with heavier drinking and drinking - related problems, but we didn't have a clear understanding of the evidence underneath that,» says Paul Gilbert, assistant professor of the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the UI College of Public Health and lead author of the study.

However, a new study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business titled «Less Evil Than You: Bounded Self - Righteousness in Character Inferences, Emotional Reactions, and Behavioral Extremes,» to be published in the forthcoming Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Nicholas Epley and Nadav Klein ask whether the extensive research on self - righteousness overlooks an important ambiguity: When people say they are more moral than others, do they mean they are more like a saint than others or lesslike a sinner?

Update, 24 September, 4.30 p.m.: A previous version of this story did not mention that the conclusions of a study finding that double - blind review benefited female authors in Behavioral Ecology has been challenged.

«People thought they knew what Asian elephants were doing [socially] based on what they saw them doing in captivity,» says Shermin de Silva, a behavioral ecologist with the Elephant, Forest and Environment Conservation Trust in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the lead author of the new study.

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.

«It possibly puts a finger on natural selection in the act,» says Pascal Gagneux, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, San Diego, who has done both genetic analyses of chimpanzees and behavioral studies of wild communities.

This may sound intuitive, but before we did this study there was scant behavioral evidence that adult forage fish, such as anchovies, sardines and herring used smell to find food.

As college students, they tended to be so sleep - deprived that, for most, «it didn't matter how much caffeine they had» — they slept well whenever they finally hit the sack, said study researcher Jamie Zeitzer, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.

But birdwatchers don't have a new species to add to their life lists yet: Most observers agree with the study authors that further research on mating preferences, gene flow, and behavioral and habitat differences is needed before ornithologists split the common raven into two species.

Further, it is worth noting that the present study does not address the precise mechanisms by which microstimulation wields its behavioral influence.

While some studies have shown that it can help improve behavioral symptoms, most experts do not recommend it as a stand - alone treatment.

About 1 in 5 patients with depression does not respond to treatments such as antidepressants or cognitive behavioral therapy, the study authors noted.

We found that this increased latency to thermal pain was present in juvenile and adult rats, 22 and in other studies determined that the ketogenic diet does not impact motor function.23, 24 Therefore, motor deficits did not underlie this increased behavioral latency.

An exciting study in the Journal of Behavioral Neuroscience has shown conclusively that using artificial sweeteners not only does not prevent weight gain, but induces a whole set of physiological and hormonal responses that actually make you gain weight.

For now: «There have been lots of clinical studies showing that cognitive behavioral therapy does better in the long run for people with chronic insomnia,» Dr. Shives says.

Further, the study was unable to address any biases implicit in the measure of prior behavioral problems; nor did it consider that a child might be labeled as a «troublemaker» early on, which might predispose authorities to mete out harsher consequences.

The idea was dreamed up by Todd Rogers, a behavioral scientist and former Democratic pollster, and studies done in Chicago, San Mateo, Calif., and Philadelphia have shown the letters can reduce chronic absenteeism rates by 11 - 15 percent.

A study done by Beth Strickler, DVM, DACVB, looked at owner engagement and 6 specific behavioral issues in cats.2 Strickler was able to demonstrate that the more involved owners were in engaging their cats daily, the fewer behavior - related issues they reported.

A study done in 2005 showed that puppies in a training class that were fitted with pheromone collars were later found to have less behavioral problems and were more sociable than puppies not given the collar.

Studies have shown that cats altered at less than six months of age do not have an increased risk of physical or behavioral problems, as compared to those that undergo surgery later.

A behavioral foster study in Fairfax County, Virginia, did just that over a two - year period by placing 52 medium and large dogs at risk of euthanasia for behavioral reasons in foster homes.

«The evidence for the success of TVHR in this study depends on assumptions related to the reproductive physiology and behavioral ecology of domestic cats that, in our view, do not seem to be supported by available empirical evidence and remain to be better understood.»

Studies have proven that spay / neuter does not adversely affect the physical or behavioral health of an animal nor does it change their personality.

One study, published in 2015 showed troubled teens who interacted with therapy dogs exhibited fewer behavioral issues, did better in school and developed better social skills.

As in previous studies, the new data clearly shows that the positive behavioral effects that were expected from neutering dogs did not occur, and if anything, the behaviors of neutered male dogs tended to be considerably less desirable.

The first - of - its - kind study mixed brain - imaging data from canines with a series of behavioral experiments, and came to the conclusion that dogs really do value the relationships they have with their owners.

In short, the study does not look at per capita climate impact, but a small handful of arbitrarily chosen behavioral markers.

Behavioral changes don't happen without incentives, and, after getting wind of this study, New Hampshire - based entrepreneur Sharon Phlatus registered a domain name and an LLC application for Phartsets, a start - up that will «offer financial incentives for action that, quite frankly, most people find really gross.»

The 2008 study, conducted by U.S. behavioral scientist Shannon Goodson, found that professional women in countries as diverse as the United States, China, Sweden and New Zealand, uniformly failed to do enough to advance their own careers.

His branch of study — behavioral economics — basically tries to understand how and why people make the decisions they do.

• Highly skilled in providing direction to students and enable them to study independently • Well versed in utilizing various instructional equipment and Audio Visual Aids effectively to reinforce learning in the classroom • Proficient in designing and implementing supportive learning activities in collaboration with the teacher • Competent at handling and addressing behavioral problems in young learners and enhancing motivation to learn • Thorough understanding of various cognitive and psychosocial developmental milestones connected with child's age along with associated needs • Hands on experience in activity moderation, teacher's assistance and progress record keeping • Substantial knowledge of various behavior control techniques and strategies • Efficient in designing and executing individualized correctional programs • Proven ability to devise need based learning strategies for physically or mentally challenged children • Demonstrated skills in classroom organization, testing and evaluation • Track record of conducting reinforcement lessons in small groups, covering core subjects including English, math and basic sciences • Excellent skills in analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of designed program and changing the instructional strategies based on the learner's response and progress • Expert in maintaining updated and fully structured classroom bulletin boards to facilitate learning • Adept at determining Individualized learning goals for each student and gauging progress in learning • Well practiced in communicating home assignments to students, answering their queries regarding the same and marking the work done • Effective listening skills along with profound ability to communicate clearly with students, parents and teachers involved