Sentences with phrase «scientific technique called»

A recent study tested 30 recruiters scanning resumes using a scientific technique called «eye tracking» which revealed a heat scan of where the professional recruiter's eyes were reading 2 executive resumes.

The other data, like your body's percentage of fat (not something I was all that thrilled to know) is gathered using a scientific technique called biometric impedance.

Not exact matches

In this web exclusive, the author offers a longer version of his December 2010 Scientific American article on how researchers can probe how the nervous system works in unprecedented detail, using a technique called optogenetics

The more frequently a hospital performs a minimally invasive technique called transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, to replace a damaged aortic heart valve, the better patients fare, on average, immediately after the procedure, researchers reported at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session.

The new realization for the computational scheme of a neuron calls into question the spike sorting technique which is at the center of activity of hundreds of laboratories and thousands of scientific studies in neuroscience.

To find out, Leifer and his collaborators genetically engineered the one - millimeter - long nematode worm to make particular cells in its body sensitive to light, a technique called optogenetics, developed in recent years by Stanford University psychiatrist and bioengineer Karl Deisseroth [see Deisseroth's «Controlling the Brain with Light,» Scientific American, November 2010].

Robert Rosenthal, Professor Emeritus at Harvard and an expert in the technique of meta - analysis, calls the study, «A truly scholarly and scientific look at what is known about the effects of arts study on academic achievement... a major achievement.»

Exploring the PR techniques, phony «think tanks,» and funding used to pervert scientific fact, this book serves as a wake - up call to those who still wish to deny the inconvenient truth.

And BTW, the strength of scientific consensus can be measured and calculated, by using a statistical technique called meta - analysis, or by doing a research review like the one John Cook and colleagues did.