Sentences with phrase «of mild shock»

And though it really shouldn't be, it's sort of a mild shock that Rampage, a video game famous for having the absolute bare minimum for a story and an ending that just says «Congratulations» after spending 128 levels getting to it, is the latest silver screen VG - adapted feature tasked with reversing the curse.

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The Times article cited a study published in the journal Psychological Science, which found that when happily married women held their spouses» hand while they received mild electric shocks, the parts of their brain associated with pain were less active than when they weren't holding their spouse's hand.

Despite this quietly mounting dissent, it was Flaherty's vocal lobbying that was credited with stalling the proposal during a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers last month, while also garnering mild shock from international reporters who thought Canadians were meant to be conciliatory.

Symptoms of an allergic reaction can range from mild symptoms such as itching around the mouth and rashes or can progress to more severe symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhoea, wheezing and on occasion anaphylaxis shock.

However, when they closely examined the effects on the brain of conditioning rodents with a mild foot shock, the scientists found several messenger RNAs recruited to polyribosomes in the medial prefrontal cortex — a clear indication of new protein synthesis there.

Instead of the ring of a single bell, rats were exposed to two distinctly different sounds, one of which was paired with a mild electric shock, while the other was not.

While subjects were in the scanner, the researchers administered a series of electric shocks to their wrists, each time warning them (by showing them either a blue or a red cue on a screen) whether the next shock would be mild or intense.

A computer screen, she explains, will warn me which shock I am to receive — a green screen for a mild zip and a red one for a blast I've ranked on a pain scale as six out of 10.

Dias and Ressler probed the Notch pathway because they were examining many genes that are activated in the brains of mice after they learn to become afraid of a sound paired with a mild foot - shock.

Mice bred to have a malfunctioning form of CREB, Silva's study demonstrated, did not remember from one day to the next that they had already been taught to navigate a water maze or that they had previously been placed in a special cage where they received a mild electric shock.

[The stimulation] didn't hurt — more like a mild tingle or a static electric shock right on the top of my head.

When they were «caught,» they were given a series of mild electric shocks.

Symptoms of the disease range from mild fever and joint pain to potentially fatal hemorrhaging and circulatory shock.

While both trade and financial shocks have worsened over the past year, the financial shocks will likely be much milder than during the major crises of the late 20th century, Ocampo said.

After enough time passed for the all the mice to form memories of their new environs, scientists applied a mild shock to their feet.

In one group of mice, he and his colleagues dosed their mothers with a synthetic compound that simulates a mild viral infection during late pregnancy; when their offspring hit early puberty at about 6 weeks of age, the young mice were exposed to unpredictable stress, such as being restrained, deprived of water, or given electric foot shocks.

Here the mice received a series of mild foot shocks.

Decrease in this specific ecRNA prevented formation of a long - lasting fear memory, where rats learn to associate mild electrical shocks with a particular place.

Neurologist Steven Laureys of the University of Liège in Belgium, who would later collaborate with Schiff and Giacino, showed that same year, 2002, that in vegetative patients, mild electric shocks activated basic sense - perception regions but not the higher - level information processing networks (pdf) that the minimally conscious patients could access.

When that didn't work, the researchers sometimes resorted to mild electric shock, using a nine - volt battery to make the venom glands contract and prompt the release of a droplet or two.

To associate these images with a negative experience, half the images of both races were paired with a mild shock.

Assays of spontaneous cage activity were used as surrogate measures of exercise capacity and were chosen to avoid stresses associated with forced exercise (i.e., mild electric shocks).

They herded each mouse into a special cage and delivered a mild electric shock to its foot, leading the mouse to form a fearful memory of the cage.

On studying the symptoms and immune reactions of the mice, the scientists observed that the properly - vaccinated group were protected against a range of symptoms, from the mild itching and irritated eyes, right up to the more severe, like wheezing and shock.

When the researchers put mice in a cage, gave a mild shock, took them out of that cage and put them back in it the next day, mice who had received adrenaline or fox urine tended to «freeze» in fear - an indicator they associated the cage as the site of a shock - more frequently, suggestive of enhanced memory.

That's because stress is a mild form of shock.

Adaptogens deliver minute shocks of mild stress that condition your physiology to respond to more major stresses in a favorable way.

The omission of Carol is disappointing, and those of Inside Out, Straight Outta Compton, Beasts of No Nation, and Sicario might arguably be considered mild surprises, though none are shocking.

Moments of mild humor help the script too, such as when surrounding characters — friends, a genetic specialist and policemen — are appropriately surprised and shocked when Henry dissolves into the 4th dimension.

Because Ferrari uses variable damping in the car's shocks as part of its roll - control strategy and varies almost every other aspect of its chassis setup according to the driver's selection of one of four operating levels at the wheel - mounted manettino lever, it can dial back chassis control to settings as mild as a Toyota Camry's when you're crawling.

There is some mild sexuality but a good deal of fairly graphic violence, both of which Roth handles with intelligent dignity rather than sheer shock value.

The Kindle is supposed to disappear when reading, not lightly shock you when turning pages (there's no electricity involved but it does kind of feel like a mild static shock).

Despite the about - face, initially this seemed like a bit of a buyers» strike really... brought on by a mild winter, sticker shock (after pelt prices doubled in 3 years), higher retail inventories, and signs of slowing Russian & Chinese growth.

While most electronic fences work by delivering a mild electric shock, some emit ultrasound or a combination of shock and ultrasound that alerts the dog as he approaches the boundary.

Physical Examination: Physical fi ndings in dogs with acute pancreatitis are variable and range from depression, to mild dehydration with signs of abdominal pain, to acute abdominal crisis with shock (tachycardia, prolonged capillary refill time, tacky mucous membranes, hypothermia), petechiation, icterus and ascites.

Electrified mats can be placed around the base of your tree to deliver a mild but aversive foot shock (it feels like static electricity) that should keep inquisitive critters away.

These reactions may range from mild swelling at the site of injection or a mild decrease in cardiac output, to a full - blown episode of anaphylactic shock or death.

Reactions can range from mild signs, such as facial swelling and hives, to severe signs of shock.

When the animal approaches the wire, the collar will emit a warning noise to startle him; if he keeps walking toward the wire, the collar will emit a mild shock (the fencing companies compare the shock to that of static electricity on a doorknob, however, you may want to see for yourself before you use the collar on your dog).

Sheets of plastic, newspaper, or sandpaper, electronic mats that deliver harmless, mild shocks, or a carpet runner with the nubs facing up can be used to discourage your cat from entering a soil - prone area.

* Reactions can range from mild to severe and include a wide variety of symptoms, such as swelling at the injection site to more serious outcomes, such as anaphylactic shock or death.

Most have a range of shock from mild to high.

Release Date: Developer: KatGames Publisher: Playfirst Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No I can't deny it came as a mild shock to learn that games like Dream Chronicles still exist, a sub-genre all of their own that simply involved finding objects in a static screen and solving simple puzzles with -LSB-...]

In recent years, however, the response to the announcement of the short list has become equally predictable: mild, head - shaking disappointment at the likelihood that absolutely no one will be shocked.

Researchers placed the women in a functional MRI machine to monitor their brain activity while subjected to the threat of a mild electric shock.