Sentences with phrase «most previous research»

Unlike most previous research, this study directly compared medical cannabis users with a control group of chronic pain patients who did not use the drug.

This contradicts most previous research and suggests that different screen learning media could have different effects on skill transfer.

«While most previous research seems to suggest that sarcasm is detrimental to effective communication because it is perceived to be more contemptuous than sincerity, we found that, unlike sarcasm between parties who distrust each other, sarcasm between individuals who share a trusting relationship does not generate more contempt than sincerity,» Galinsky notes.

«Most previous research into ways of delaying the onset of HD symptoms have focused on studying the mutant protein in cells or in animal models, but the relevance of abnormalities in those systems to what actually happens in patients remains a huge assumption,» says James Gusella, PhD, director of the Center for Human Genetic Research (CHGR) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), corresponding author of the Cell paper.

The findings contrast with most previous research in this area, and suggest that different screen learning media, such as video presentations or interactive apps, could have different effects on whether children can transfer learned skills to the physical world.

Hansen said the school system keeps a close eye on dropout rates because most previous research indicates that dropout rates rise among students who are retained.

«We started this study thinking we would identify the individual characteristics that motivated rescuers, because that's what most previous research had pointed to,» said Hollie Nyseth Brehm, co-author of the study and assistant professor of sociology at The Ohio State University.

The ARIC data were especially useful to study because unlike most previous research linking gum disease and cancer risk, periodontitis cases were determined from dental examinations performed as part of the ARIC study rather than participants» self - reports of the disease.

While most previous research has looked at the impact of multi-week meditation courses, the results of this study show that even mere minutes of training are impressively effective.

Most previous research on social behavior has focused on the brain's circuits for hardwired behaviors, like aggression, sex, or mothering.

Most previous research into the heredity of autism has ignored a possible decision on the part of parents with affected children to reduce their subsequent child - bearing, a situation that occurs with some birth defects and has been termed «reproductive stoppage.»

Most previous research has examined either plant - herbivore or plant - pollinator relationships, and this is thought to be one of the first studies to examine both relationships together in a flower with abundant nectar and showy petals.

As this is contradictory to most previous research, the team repeated the study in different children, with a different language and culture, to make sure that the findings were correct and robust.

Most previous research has focused on the tomato fruit as one homogenous tissue, or only the outer fleshy part, but as anyone who has chopped a ripe, runny tomato knows, the fruit is far from uniform.

Most previous research has examined the impact of interventions targeting older children when difficulties are more established and harder to change, and have rarely included fathers.

Most previous research on comorbidities either focused on boys, or compared girls with ADHD to boys with ADHD.