Sentences with phrase «important for human behavior»

Pheromones are known to influence behavior in numerous animal species, but it has for long been thought that they are not important for human behavior and social interaction.

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With the changing demographics in America, including the racial and ethnic, socioeconomic, immigration, and biblical justice challenges of our day, it is more important than ever for people of color to have safe places to live authentically, serve humbly, and use their influence and experiences to shape our theology (what we know and believe about God) and our praxis (the ethics of our human behavior or what we actually do).

Homosexual activists like the playwright Larry Kramer and the writer Gabriel Rotello, author of Sexual Ecology — an important weaving together of ecology theory, epidemiology, and sexual politics — have been ferociously attacked by their fellow gay activists for publicly acknowledging that AIDS results as much from human behaviors as from specific microbes.

Her detailed study of the implications of research in endocrinology for bonding in human families and for the interactions between hormones and social behavior serves to put the «missing body» back into sociology in some profoundly important ways.

The South African archaeological record is so important because it shows some of the oldest evidence for modern behavior in early humans.

«This has implications for humans and nonhuman primates, since hierarchical behavior and social dominance relations appear early in life and remain important throughout the lifespan,» Boyce said.

«Considered in total, this study provides important early archaeological evidence for meat eating, hunting and scavenging behaviors - cornerstone adaptations that likely facilitated brain expansion in human evolution, movement of hominins out of Africa and into Eurasia, as well as important shifts in our social behavior, anatomy and physiology,» Ferraro said.

«Because of their unique position at the juncture of school, neighborhood, and home, afterschool programs may be particularly important for youth on a path toward school disengagement or risky behaviors,» said study author Elise Cappella, associate professor of applied psychology at NYU Steinhardt and director of NYU's Institute of Human Development and Social Change.

Prior research showed that the mPOA is important for social and reproductive behavior in all vertebrate species studied from fish to human, but it has been unclear whether this area drives social motivation through circuit connections with reward systems in the brain.

The IOM report, supported by the Society for Women's Health Research, found that sex differences important to health and human disease occur at conception and throughout the life span, affecting behavior, perception, and health.

Professor Bargmann's pioneering work has provided important insights into the molecular switches and controls for C. elegans movement and behavior — many of which have human counterparts.

They understand the important role behavior plays in the relationship between owners and animals and want to make a positive difference by utilizing humanely — based techniques for problem prevention, training, management, and behavior modification in ways that strengthen the human - animal bond.

For cats who spend all or the majority of their day inside, it's important that they are provided with cat friendly activities and spaces to promote mental stimulation and human - friendly behavior.

The Fear of Losing Social Status Indeed, the desire for social status is one of the most important factors driving human behavior.

In order for an organization to design and implement judicial tools, understanding the psychology of human behavior involved in using technology may be the most important element.

One of the important inventions that we take for granted as society is the rule - of - law — a common and agreed understanding / social construct for the proper / expected behaviors and consequences for various interactions between humans and the things they make.