Sentences with phrase «individuals at comparable level»

ADHD is defined in medical terms as a persistent pattern of inattention and / or hyperactivity - impulsivity that is more frequent and severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development.»

Not exact matches

There's more to these findings than just lofty philosophical quandaries, though: If ravens really do possess a level of social cognition comparable to humans and other large primates, the birds might serve as better animal models to study this kind of behavior in the lab — which could help scientists understand why some humans are better at this kind of inference than others, and why some individuals can't manage it at all.

It is called «Bilateral tactile input patterns decoded at comparable levels but different time scales in neocortical neurons» and investigates to which extent individual neurons of the primary somatosensory can decode contralateral and ipsilateral input.

(B)(i) that such unit shall be located at an organizational level and shall have an organizational status within such State agency comparable to that of other major organizational units of such agency, or (ii) in the case of an agency described in clause (1)(B)(ii), either that such unit shall be so located and have such status, or that the director of such unit shall be the executive officer of such State agency; except that, in the case of a State which has designated only one State agency pursuant to clause (1) of this subsection, such State may, if it so desires, assign responsibility for the part of the plan under which vocational REHABILITATION services are provided for the blind to one organizational unit of such agency, and assign responsibility for the rest of the plan to another organizational unit of such agency, with the provisions of this clause applying separately to each of such units; provide for financial participation by the State, or if the State so elects, by the State and local agencies to meet the amount of the non - Federal share; provide that the plan shall be in effect in all political subdivisions, except that in the case of any activity which, in the judgment of the Secretary, is likely to assist in promoting the vocational REHABILITATION of substantially larger numbers of handicapped individuals or groups of handicapped individuals the Secretary may waive compliance with the requirement herein that the plan be in effect in all political subdivisions of the State to the extent and for such period as may be provided in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, but only if the non - Federal share of the * cost of such vocational REHABILITATION services is met from funds made available by a local agency (including, to the extent permitted by such regulations, funds contributed to such agency by a private agency, organization, or individual);