Sentences with phrase «have the test subject»

To understand how the brain reacts to humor, Reiss and his team had test subjects rate the hilarity of cartoons while undergoing fMRI brain scans.

Once she had the test subjects» biases in hand, Mo asked them how they would vote in two - person races in various scenarios.

Tramper is studying hand - eye coordination by having test subjects play a special computer game.

In his experiments, Dr. Cesare Parise had test subjects observe and evaluate random flashes of light and clicks to uncover out how the brain connects sensory stimuli - and keeps them apart.

Previous research has shown that blood vessels tend to contract at high altitude, so researchers decided to see if they could improve blood vessel function at high altitude simply by having test subjects drink beet juice.

One thing though, its hard for the researchers to have the test subject NOT know when they are using compression gear.

Not exact matches

Scientists and educators have long noted that kids who have a positive attitude towards math do better in the subject, but is that just because acing tests naturally makes you enjoy something, or does the arrow of causation point the other way?

For the next series of tests, the researchers added a twist: they had the subjects come up with a novel association between the words — say, throw in response to hammer.

It'd be unethical to test a substance on human subjects, because it might sicken or kill them.

The treatment was approved for the devastating rare disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy but created major divisions within the FDA because it simply hadn't demonstrated a whole lot of efficacy, meaning the pricey therapy is essentially being subjected to a real - world clinical test.

Another test to measure confidence involves standing up in front of a panel of VonChurch employees and speaking for two minutes on a subject an applicant is passionate about, and one that also demonstrates he or she has technical knowledge.

Preventable disparities in health outcomes continue for black, brown and Native people, communities of people who not that long ago may have also been unwitting medical test subjects.

She admits it was an extreme choice, but at the time she worried she would be subjected to more unnecessary tests.

Work with employees regularly to ensure things will run smooth in the case of an emergency, and have a loyal customer and vendor you can use as test subjects during those drills.

While star Ryan Reynolds has remained somewhat mum on the subject, what is known is that someone leaked test footage of the movie online.

To test the connection the research team had 72 study subjects memorize 90 word associations.

WESTERN Australian students have suggested that Year 12 exams stay in place, but all subjects — not just TEE subjects — should be tested.

The number of hours subjects had actually slept seemed to have little bearing on their test results,» reports Olivia Goldhill for Quartz.

This lack of collaboration had gone unnoticed because the system was tested in conditions that were highly controlled, rather than being subjected to an open beta test.

Older subjects with greater intakes of fruits and vegetables, and the corresponding nutrients vitamin C and folate, have been shown to perform better on cognitive tests (Ortega et al., 1997).

The provision of the bill that has garnered the most attention is one that would raise the threshold at which banks are subject to certain federal oversight, including stress tests that measure a bank's ability to withstand an economic downturn.

They also have been subjected to annual Federal Reserve stress tests that measure whether the banks have sufficient capital to weather severe economic scenarios.

According to the woman who took the picture, the man said his son had failed a test and he was trying to relearn math to help his boy in the subject area.

The major difference between McClung and most other retirement researchers is that McClung has subjected these formulas to more tests than a talking ape.

They tested 100 subjects in visual, tactile, and auditory tasks, who turned out to be less likely to remember things they had heard, in contrast to the things they touched or saw.

«Drug testing,» as Elliott notes, «has always involved a kind of moral trade - off in which subjects are asked to take risks for the good of other people.»

On April 26, 2012, the results of a study which tested their subjects» pro-social sentiments were published in the Social Psychological and Personality Science journal in which non-religious people had higher scores showing that they were more inclined to show generosity in random acts of kindness, such as lending their po.sse.ssions and offering a seat on a crowded bus or train.

Actually the Bible has been subject to the most stringent of testing of its history and accuracy.

Independent testing labs have confirmed that the knees of pants wear 37 % faster when subjected to daily prayer.

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

I had a Geology professor once who candidly stated that the subject of Evolution would come up frequently during the semester, that if anyone felt uncomfortable it, to remember one thing: You «are not» required to «believe» any of the theories discussed in this class; however, you «are» required to «know» the materiel well enough to pass the written tests».

Thus, students must be tested to see if they have mastered a subject well enough to receive a passing grade.

I believe that YHWH is a just deity and a just deity would never set up an unwinnable scenario and then punish the test subject for failing a rigged game.

It has put to test all of my ideas on the subject of self - companioning.

This thing, however, of becoming the Emperor's son - in - law might readily be subjected to the tests of reality, so that the laborer would he able to ascertain how far the Emperor was serious in this matter, or whether he merely wanted to make fun of the poor fellow, render him unhappy for the rest of his life, and help him to find his way to the mad - house; for the quid nimis is in evidence, which with such infinite ease can turn into its opposite.

These methods must provide ways rigorously to test and test again any claim to have discovered the truth about the subject under study, and the tests must be shown to be appropriate to the sort of thing being studied and to the sort of questions being asked about it.

In case Abraham is not a nullity, a phantom, a show one employs for a pastime, then the fault can never consist in the fact that the sinner wants to do likewise, but the point is to see how great a thing it was that Abraham did, in order that man may judge for himself whether he has the call and the courage to be subjected to such a test.

Unlike peninsular constructs such as multiverse, which by themselves can not have any direct relation to the life - world, the construct of the visible universe possesses a heuristic quality of predicting some new properties of the universe that are subject to empirical testing (p. 289).

Professor Coe had a number of persons of this class among his seventy - seven subjects, and they almost all, when tested by hypnotism, proved to belong to a subclass which he calls «spontaneous,» that is, fertile in self - suggestions, as distinguished from a «passive» subclass, to which most of the subjects of striking transformation belonged.

Having to «believe» in the writing's of others — subjecting yourself to thei reliability of their «objective» testing, research & propositions, no?

To give it a good test drive, I thought I'd write a post about a subject that tends to spark quite a few comments here — Calvinism.

It may also be subjected to the test of determining whether or not the knowledge is also factual or true in an empirical historical sense, so far as any such test is possible in connection with it, but it must always be recognized that although historical knowledge can have this kind of significance, this kind of significance is not limited to knowledge that is also historical.

Andrew Sullivan, a commentator who is gay and among the first to publicly defend same - sex marriage, summed up the decision poignantly: «When people's lives and careers are subject to litmus tests, and fired if they do not publicly renounce what may well be their sincere conviction, we have crossed a line.

I wanted to try it, but had a very suspicious test subject - my husband.

An avid knitter and mother of four, she has written extensively on a wide variety of subjects, including education, test preparation, parenting, crafts and fashion.

I've served the results to multiple test subjects to great reviews — therefore I've determined in terms of brussels sprouts, I am not a impartial judge.

When I first tried the Carolina Reaper on video three years ago, I definitely found that it was among the hottest things I've ever put in my mouth, so the burn felt by these test subjects were no doubt real and funnily painful.

He averred that none of the mice, test subjects or controls, had any stomach cancer.

• In a change sure to face legal challenges, the delegates voted to subject Division I - A and I - AA football players, who until now have been tested for steroids only if they were about to play in a bowl or playoff game, to year - round random testing for steroids.

As we've discussed on numerous occasions, the reasons for Johnson's leave are the subject of several rumors and one Golf.com report that said he was actually going to be suspended for a positive cocaine test.