Sentences with phrase «for handedness»

«Our findings suggest that molecular mechanisms for epigenetic regulation within the spinal cord constitute the starting point for handedness,» said Ocklenburg from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany.

Apart from selecting for handedness, Hazen suggests that minerals may have provided support and scaffolding for growing chains of molecules, and catalyzed or fueled biochemical reaction

But if the genes for handedness evolved with humans, why are so many chimpanzees left - handed and in such predictable numbers?

Not exact matches

While most entrepreneurs both faulted Trump and forgave him for political ham - handedness, a few criticized him, ironically, for lacking business leadership skills.

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.

In the future, I may do a giant roundup for fun, but for now, below are 32 of my favorite quotes from the novel that I've highlighted over the years under the broad categories of individualism, second - handedness, and creation.

Yeah, Henry Rollins might provide a workable way (for sophomoric liberals) to protest LAPD heavy - handedness in the early 1980s, and other minor Western maladies, and maybe punk music really could strengthen your spine in the aughties if you're an alienated Egyptian liberal youth under the boot of Mubarak, but no, the example of Rollins and such sure can't find help you navigate your way to political effectiveness between the Egyptian military on one hand and popular Islamist groups on the other.

Perry may well pay for that ham - handedness, but our religion expert wants to connect the dots, to warn us that Dominionism is the belief that «Christians should dominate every facet of life, from government to the arts.»

I don't think the matter calls for even - handedness at all.

Genius is the divine instinct for creation, incident throughout life, a certain quality of first - handedness accompanying and directing activity.

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.

Even Democratic allies have complained of Mr. de Blasio's high - handedness — not everyone thought it was a moral obligation to make mayoral control permanent — and Ms. Wolfe will need to figure out how to keep securing wins in an environment that can be hostile for a big city liberal mayor.

Aregbesola, who called for cooperation and patience with the police and other law enforcement agencies until the outcome of the final investigation, hinted that the police and others have assured of even handedness and that the rule of law will be strictly adhered to and allowed to prevail.

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.

The National Publicity Secretary of the Senator Ahmed Maikarfi - led National Working Committee, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye, in a statement on Sunday night that the APC - led Government was marked by hand handedness, crass ineptitude and lack of tolerance for the opposition.

Both Mrs Akindele and Olotu should have been impeached 10 months ago for high - handedness but Governor Mimiko intervened and assisted her to escape impeachment.

For instance, all living things exclusively use the right - handed form of the sugar ribose (the backbone of DNA), and many chiral pharmaceutical chemicals are only effective in one handedness; in the other, they can be toxic.

Dr Louise McDowell, Dr Deborah Wells and Professor Peter Hepper from the School of Psychology at Queen's, recruited 44 cats for the study and found that while there was no overall population preference like the human preference for right handedness, there was a gender preference.

In humans, handedness goes along with the specialization of one side of the brain for precise manipulation, an asymmetry Hunt hopes to look for in crow brains.

Although handless, crows manifest «handedness» in their preference for one side of the leaf, Hunt says.

Wolman has written for Newsweek, New Scientist, and Outside and is working on a book about the causes, consequences, and culture of left - handedness.

This is one example of why testing what «handedness», or chirality, a molecule has is essential for many valuable products.

Regardless of their own handedness, subjects with lefty relatives achieved an average score of 4.7 compared to 2.7 for those with only right - handed relatives.

«We think we have the evidence for brain lateralization, handedness and possibly language, so maybe it all fits together in one picture,» Frayer said.

«Earliest evidence in fossil record for right - handedness: Teeth striations of Homo habilis fossil date back 1.8 million years.»

David Frayer, KU professor emeritus of anthropology, is lead author on a recent study published in the Journal of Evolution that found striations on teeth of a Homo habilis fossil 1.8 million years old moved from left to right, indicating the earliest evidence in the fossil record for right - handedness.

By examining striations on teeth of a Homo habilis fossil, a new discovery led by a University of Kansas researcher has found the earliest evidence for right - handedness in the fossil record dating back 1.8 million years.

He used a series of genetic engineering tricks to boost or dampen the activity of specific neurons, looking for resulting changes to the animals» handedness.

«If we accept that there could be a genetic basis for both left - and right - handedness,» Hopkins says, «what really matters is whether or not you're expressing your genes.

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.

For more about the genetics and myths of handedness, see Lorin's Left - Handedness Site, www.duke.usask.ca/~elias/left/ihandedness, see Lorin's Left - Handedness Site, www.duke.usask.ca/~elias/left/iHandedness Site, www.duke.usask.ca/~elias/left/index.html.

(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).

In addition, SAM will investigate the chirality, or handedness, of organic molecules to look for hints that they came from life.

Researchers gathered rankings and handedness stats for the top 100 players in six sports over multiple seasons, and combined these with video analysis of professional matches and recorded pitch speeds.

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 handedness).

d Deviation - coded point estimates and 95 % CIs for weighted average neural similarities, after accounting for inter-subject similarities in control variables (demographic variables and handedness) are shown for distance 1 (deviation - coded point estimate = 0.23, 95 % CI [0.07, 0.41]-RRB-, distance 2 (deviation - coded point estimate = 0.03, 95 % CI [− 0.11, 0.17]-RRB-, distance 3 (deviation - coded point estimate = − 0.20, 95 % CI [− 0.30, − 0.09]-RRB-, and distance 4 (deviation - coded point estimate = − 0.07, 95 % CI [− 0.29, 0.14]-RRB- dyads.

Hopkins, W. D., Russell, J. L. & Cantalupo, C. Neuroanatomical correlates of handedness for tool use in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

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

On the origins of human handedness and language: a comparative review of hand preferences for bimanual coordinated actions and gestural communication in nonhuman primates.

These findings demonstrate that handedness and hemispheric dominance for language are significantly but independently associated with the asymmetry of intra-hemispheric intrinsic connectivity.

In addition, we investigated the relationship between asymmetry in intra-hemispheric intrinsic connectivity and language hemispheric dominance, including a potential effect of handedness on this relationship, thanks to an FMRI acquisition during language production from which an hemispheric functional lateralization index for language (HFLI) and a type of hemispheric dominance for language, namely leftward, ambilateral, or rightward, were derived for each individual.

The three researchers (WJH: Pubmed, Embase and CNKI, KP: Korean databases, YM: Japanese databases) extracted the data for all descriptive information from the publications, namely published journals, language, study place, study type, subjects, handedness, objective, interventions, control groups, block - design, fMRI device type, software for fMRI data analysis, sample size, and results.

Asymmetry in intra-hemispheric intrinsic connectivity, and its association with handedness and hemispheric dominance for language, were investigated in a sample of 290 healthy volunteers enriched in left - handers (52.7 %).

We found no significant effect of handedness on CT, CSA or CV asymmetries, although a trend for a significant difference in the SULC asymmetry of the Rolandic genu was present (leftward in right - handers, rightward in left - handers).

A late - film bit of business featuring Trintignant catching and freeing a pigeon flying loose in the apartment has been criticized for its heavy - handedness, but the problem with this expertly directed scene has more to do with whether such a gesture feels tonally earned after so much horror.

Because that's what you're going to get, and for this viewer, the heavy - handedness of the latter ruined my positive reaction to the former.

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 Place Beyond the Pines» isn't perfect (the first hour makes up for some of the more unflattering heavy - handedness that Cianfrance resorts to in the latter half), but it's a movie that demands a lot of respect for not only taking big risks, but the way that it resonates emotionally.

This means the Department of Education must revise its guidelines in a way that federal judges and educational institutions find reasonable, which will require considerable political skill from an administration notorious for its impetuousness and ham - handedness.