«Maybe we will see
less activity in core assets and more in value - add.»
Sleepier people had
less activity in the self - control part of the brain — the prefrontal cortex.
Moreover, there is
less activity in key areas of the prefrontal cortex, brain regions associated with inhibitory control (Houdé and Borst 2015; Borst et al 2013).
Research has shown that people who have experienced trauma, such as army veterans, have
less activity in the MPFC and increased activity in the Amygdala.
fMRI scans of males» brain activity after smelling tears revealed that males» brains had
less activity in regions associated with sexual arousal, which suggests that odorless tears contain a chemical signal that men unconsciously detect.
In 2006, a small study by Indiana University found that teenagers who played violent video games showed higher levels of emotional arousal, but
less activity in the parts of the brain associated with the ability to plan, control and direct thoughts and behavior.
These studies indicate a pattern of brain organization in poor readers that differs from that seen in nonimpaired readers, with
less activity in regions of the left hemisphere that are associated with proficient reading.
In contrast, the boys without the disorder had
less activity in that part of the brain.
It was found that the fructose drinkers had much
less activity in the satiety center of the brain and felt hungrier.
Individuals who noted poorer sleep quality in the questionnaire exhibited
less activity in the DACC area of the brain while performing the reappraisal task, and individuals who had reduced sleep efficiency according to the data from the actigraph exhibited higher DACC activity.
Secondly, the impulsive individuals had
less activity in the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for «putting on the brakes» for impulsive actions.
Compared with healthy controls, those who had Tourette's exhibited more activity in the premotor cortex and cerebellum, regions that handle motor control, and
less activity in the striatum and orbitofrontal cortex, areas involved in decision making and learning.
lactis: Healthy women who consumed yogurt containing these bugs showed
less activity in brain regions that process emotions and physical sensations.
This included
less activity in the putamen, thalamus, cerebellum amongst other areas, and more activity in the peripheral cortical areas which are also linked to social perception and behaviour.
At Week 4, the lorcaserin group in the fed state showed
less activity in the parietal cortex — which is responsible for integrating sensory information — when looking at any of the food images.
There was also
less activity in an area called the supramarginal gyrus.
This is consistent with findings, from a large literature of studies on depression and reward circuitry, that depression is characterized by
less activity in the brain's reward system.
Studies have shown, for example, that when people make an angry face, they exhibit
less activity in regions of the cerebral cortex associated with empathy and decision making.
When the scientists used functional MRI to look at the subjects» brain activity, they found that the treated subjects showed
less activity in the insula, a region associated with craving.
They found that the depressed women had
less activity in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex — an area of the brain thought to pick up on emotional cues and mediate emotional responses — than the non-depressed women (The American Journal of Psychiatry, DOI: 10.1176 / appi.ajp.2010.09081235).
Men showed
less activity in a key face - processing region of the brain than the unstressed men did, suggesting that their ability to evaluate facial expressions declined.
Not exact matches
A noted decrease
in job growth is
less of a concern if it's accompanied by signs «that manufacturing
activity is starting to rebound, that businesses are spending more on investment, and that consumers are continuing to spend,» he said.
The average total entrepreneurial
activity among women was highest
in less - developed economies, which often heavily rely on agriculture and natural resources.
Or
in other words, rather than assume that walking while thinking splits your mental and physical resources, leaving
less to devote to each, the scientists actually found «an increase
in arousal or activation associated with physical
activity... which then can be invested into the cognition,» according to the paper reporting the research.
In the beginning, Google + was just a baby with substantially
less activity and users than Facebook.
It was much easier to find meaning and satisfaction
in activities outside of work when we were under a lot
less pressure and worked far fewer hours.
The reasons are four-fold: structural changes
in the American economy have triggered a long term downward trend
in entrepreneurial
activity; changes
in the banking system have made small business credit more difficult to get; a post-recession shift
in attitudes has made Americans
less interested
in striking out on their own; and a shift
in government policies has made entrepreneurship more challenging to undertake.
Tim Syrianos, president of the Toronto Real Estate Board, said the decline
in activity has
less to do with foreign buyers and more to do with potential homebuyers waiting to see how the market plays out.
Free Cash Flow - Net cash provided by operating
activities less cash purchases of property and equipment, including proceeds related to beneficial interests
in securitization transactions and
less cash payments for debt prepayment of debt extinguishment costs.
Merger and acquisition
activity in the oil and gas sector dropped to
less than $ 1 billion
in the first quarter of this year — the lowest since 1994, according to figures recently published
in The Globe and Mail.
But despite a steady increase
in their share of entrepreneurial
activity, founders from Latino communities along with those from other minority groups — which made up 40 percent of the U.S. population
in 2015 — still receive
less funding and fail at faster rates than their white counterparts.
Flynn's goal is to encourage listeners to cash
in via online tools, then spend their time on more enjoyable, perhaps
less lucrative
activities.
Dugan said there weren't any surprises CMHC found when compiling the report, but he did spot «a little bit of a softening» of market
activity in Toronto and
less of a «spillover»
in demand from the city to neighbouring communities, including Hamilton.
But there are ways to engage employees
in activities that feel
less like work.
Brain scans of obese patients who had lost 10 % of their body weight revealed that
less leptin leads to increased
activity in regions of the brain that control our desire to eat.
Change or inexperience can shake you up, but the more you engage
in an
activity for your business, the
less stressful it likely will become.
European stocks, which had followed much of Wall St's rout on Monday, had
less dramatic falls Tuesday, but failed to stabilize with any conviction after data showing service sector
activity across the Eurozone and U.K. was weaker than originally thought
in December.
Because equity investors — that tend to get what they ask for — increasingly are saying enough is enough, and a lot of releveraging
activity was front loaded, and with an expected more benign rate hiking cycle there is
less urgency to pull the trigger on deals, we continue to think that corporate balance sheets (ex-energy, ex-materials) will improve
in 4Q and into 2016.
FORTUNE — Talk about a tough gig: The average tenure of a chief marketing officer — the corporate executive charged with branding, communications, and other
activities — is
less than four years,
in large part because of the increasing complexity of the job, says executive search firm Spencer Stuart.
The more focused you are on losing yourself
in the
activity, the
less you are able to do it.»
He believes that banking and investment banking will continue to dominate the sector, but also predicts an increase
in less regulated
activities, and fintech,
in the next five years.
«The second,
less understood but far more sinister effect of these classified programs, is that they effectively create «permanent records» of our daily
activities, even
in the absence of any wrongdoing on our part,» Snowden wrote.
«If workers spend time discussing the outcome of last night's game rather than devoting this time to job - related
activities, then these workers will be
less productive
in terms of output produced per unit of time,» write Coates and Humphreys.
By engaging
in these
activities while you search for a job, you won't have gaps on your resume, you'll be practicing new skills and potentially make side income so you will be
less desperate for a job, which makes you more attractive as a job seeker.»
While U.S. stocks plunged
in their worst day
in years on Monday, Apex said that across its 7.6 million accounts, there was 56 percent
less activity among the so - called millennial age group than older investors.
Three defense officials with knowledge of the deliberations said the move would be a response to Russian
activities in the region and aligns with the new National Defense Strategy that calls on the military to be
less operationally predictable.
Wasted time
in meetings, Rogelberg and colleagues wrote, costs companies
in many ways: the direct costs of salaries and benefits associated with participants» time, the time lost that could be used for more productive
activities, employee stress and fatigue, and job dissatisfaction and
less organizational commitment.
In the right client situation, BMO SmartFolio allows brokers to spend
less time on administration and reviewing client accounts, and more time on value - added
activities like financial planning and estate planning, says Silvio Stroescu, head of digital investing at BMO Financial Group.
The New York Fed also reported that the regional housing sector had a
less consequential effect on regional economic conditions than
in other parts of the nation where housing played a more significant role
in dampening economic
activity.
In a quest to get economic
activity churning again, the Fed and other growth - hungry central banks are running headlong into a bleak irony — the longer they stick with extraordinary measures, the
less extraordinary those measures become.