Sentences with phrase «help the animal learn»

For the current study, Jessica Childs, a graduate student in Kroener's lab, applied VNS to a test group of rats used in the study in a process called «extinction learning» to determine whether the procedure could help the animals learn different behaviors and reduce their drug cravings.

The trainer's job is to help the animal learn that — when he or she hears or sees a signal — he or she just did something the trainer will reward.

Some of the primary benefits and skills Alice attributes to her education through the DTP include: the benefits of using the clicker to mark and capture behavior to help the animal learn more quickly and clearly, how to split criteria even more finely, how to proof behaviors more effectively, and how to structure training plans more successfully.

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We hope that this approach will help us to integrate and learn from multiple perspectives on animal advocacy.

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Bull would help me care for and learn all about my animals.

In the beginning, babies need their parents for everything but eventually they learn object permanence and know you are nearby, they learn to sing to themselves, they grow attached to special plush animals, or can» read» books to help themselves fall asleep... all techniques learned from their parents.

Animals can be of great help for kids with autism or those with learning disabilities.

This session is about how to help parents with military - specific PTSD symptoms and triggers as they learn to babywear, with a focus on babywearing meetings and babywearing group events, including a segment on service animals and signs to watch for regarding anxiety or panic attacks.

Many stuffed animals are also interactive plush toys, that help teach and engage children in singing, dancing and learning when they touch their hand or foot.

I have learned that your work has to have a strong identity to stand out — doing my alphabet and having to create 26 different animals really helped me develop my style.

Alternatively, cars, trucks and trains as well as animals, are great for helping your little person develop their vocabulary as they learn the names of each, what they do, what they eat or where you can find them.

They're durable and made with care and love with the purpose of helping your child have fun and to learn all about animals.

There have been moments that an older sibling will be finished with one subject and either before they move onto the next, or when they're completely done with their work for the morning, they will spend a bit of one - on - two time with the twins playing with them or «teaching» them by reading to them, helping them learn animal sounds, or maybe singing songs with them.

It helps teach memory as well as can help little ones learn their animals.

An alphabet trail helps baby learn letters, while the 26 included animal figures teach animal sounds.

When you have a baby or younger toddler who needs to start learning about the farm at an early age, the Melissa & Doug Barnyard Animals Knob Wooden Puzzle is a sure way to help set up your child for success.

With the Barnyard Animals with Sounds Carrier Set, you can give your little one a set of four cute stuffed toys that will help him or her learn about animals around the farm while playing a favorite iteAnimals with Sounds Carrier Set, you can give your little one a set of four cute stuffed toys that will help him or her learn about animals around the farm while playing a favorite iteanimals around the farm while playing a favorite item, too!

The story is all about how the mama animals help their baby animals learn to explore the world, and about the other baby animals they see.

The classic Fisher Price Little People Animal Sounds Farm is the best for helping baby to learn the names of animals and the sounds they make.

Corie would love to someday have animals in her home and the guidance of a patient parent to help her learn to care for them on her own.

We have had so much fun making these animals together — and they are helping him learn the phonetic sounds of the letters, so...

A classic toy that helps your kid learn numbers, letters, animals, colors and more.

That's a sign that experience — learning — can help shape an animal's instincts, Dulac says.

11 Could working with animals help autistic children learn to speak?

Poinar is an international expert in using plant and animal life forms preserved in this semi-precious stone to help learn more about the biology and ecology of the distant past.

And their flexible, intelligent arms are the envy of roboticists and artificial intelligence engineers worldwide.But these animals, which have evolved over hundreds of millions of years, can teach us even more about security in the 21st century than camo and communications, Rafe Sagarin argues in his new book Learning from the Octopus: How secrets from nature can help us fight terrorist attacks, natural disasters and disease (Basic Books, April 2012).

Visit Boston's Museum of Science to get your heart pumping in hands - on activities, including an interactive video game where the player learns how fear helps animals survive in nature.

Brian Langerhans, an assistant professor of biological sciences at NC State and a senior author on a paper describing the study, says the research could help scientists learn about the connectedness of what seem to be disconnected animal traits.

Such observations give biologists richer insights into animal behavior, others say, and might help researchers learn more about the roots of human culture by clarifying what makes it distinctive.

Kiper proposed to look at how the brain changes when an animal learns novel tasks — findings that could eventually help human victims of stroke.

Thus, these automatic impulses can't help blind animals learn.

It is just one of hundreds of compounds that have shown great promise in animal experiments — such as helping rats learn their way around mazes — yet seem to produce at best only marginal effects in patients.

Dr Hawkes, formerly of Bangor University, added: «The wider implications of these findings are for low oxygen medical conditions in humans, such as heart attack and stroke — suggesting what adaptations might help prevent problems in the first place and learning how animals have managed to cope with really extreme environments.»

Pentcheff knew the strange looking animal was an isopod but needed help learning more.

This opportunity to discuss my research, as well as to learn about other research in animal behavior outside of neuroscience, expanded my network and provided me with resources that will certainly help me throughout my career.

What they learn could help scientists protect other ocean animals around the world.

Captive - bred axolotls are frequently used in biological research, both to learn from the animal's remarkable ability to regenerate body parts and to help inform conservation efforts.

«From an evolutionary point of view, contagious behaviors actually help animals to better survive because you don't have to learn everything from scratch,» Chen said.

These animals recapitulate most of the cognitive and physical problems that arise in children with the disorder, and so may help researchers learn more about its biology and how to treat it.

On Rich's self - sustaining farm, Nix Jones learned how to help sheep give birth, treat sick animals and cook meals from scratch using their homegrown ingredients.

Ive learned a lot along the way and I run the largest vegan forum in the world with Freelee the Banana Girl (http://30bananasaday.com), and I bust my ass every single day to help people help themselves while saving the animals and the planet at the same time.

Animal - assisted therapy can also alleviate symptoms of depression and illness, and can help children with learning disabilities make progress.

Breaking down the word roots, explaining how the words describe the pose, the action of the pose the animal or myth behind the pose will help you learn and remember these words every time you hear them.

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We can not help but marvel at Diaz's apparently unlimited access to her subjects... we learn much about the resilience and perseverance of the human animal in these ordinary extraordinary circumstances.

As a mysterious bat - like creature, you'll learn the songs and cries of other animals of the forest, unlocking new abilities to help you make your way to the forest's heart to uncover the spreading darkness.

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Help your children to learn how animals and plants are adapted to their habitat with this matching activity!

The award winning multimedia content — which includes clips fromDiscovery Channel, Discovery Science and Animal Planet — will help parents and carers to keep children's learning alive, while igniting their curiosity about the wider world.