Sentences with phrase «insights about human behavior»

In general, neuroscientific insights about human behavior and decision - making often can't say much about why a particular individual behaved «voluntarily» or with «intention» and is therefore legally guilty, Farahany says.

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Levin also hopes insights gleaned from the model will help scientists grasp the origins of collective human behaviors, such as the emergence of social norms and attitudes about important issues.

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.

To help bring down both these and the human costs of addiction, our new insights could help educate adolescents about the risks of recreational drug use and experimentation, discouraging these behaviors as a result.

Shaw, who is also a senior research fellow at the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at Columbia University, spoke to a packed auditorium of Columbia Engineering students last spring about how the development of high - speed simulations is making possible insights into human biology that could lead to better understanding of protein behavior and to improvements in drug discovery.

Regardless, these studies — while not specifically about climate change — give insight into the psychology behind human behavior and why some people may reject the scientific consensus on climate change.