Sentences with phrase «study of abnormal behavior»

Abnormal psychology is the study of abnormal behavior in order to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning.

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Other researchers who study male elephants attributed the young males» abnormal behavior to their surging hormones and lack of social learning — both of which were controlled after older male elephants were introduced.

«It was observed that the live rabbit did not show any abnormal behavior when wearing the contact lens sensor,» says Joohee Kim (Combined M.S. / Ph.D. student of Materials Science and Engineering), the first author of the study.

These questions are rarely asked, making it difficult to systematically analyze the evidence for animal prediction, the researchers concluded after studying 729 reports of abnormal animal behavior related to 160 earthquakes.

With regard to animals» earthquake prediction potential, researchers suggest that in future studies, perhaps a quantitative definition of «unusual or abnormal behavior» is needed, as well as actual explanations behind the change in behavior.

The Center for Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience, directed by Jeffrey Schall, helps form and support alliances of investigators interested in studying how normal and abnormal behavior and cognition arise from the function of the brain.

This study does not support the idea of exercise as a strategy to raise brain progranulin levels in symptomatic patients with FTD due to GRN mutations, as we observed no effects on progranulin levels in Grn + / − mice at 4 — 8 months of age, the age range in which these mice begin to develop abnormal behavior and neuronal dysfunction (Filiano et al., 2013).

Although vaccination induces an inflammatory response during pregnancy, the magnitude and the duration of response is much lower and shorter, respectively, for influenza vaccination than viral infection.27 Like infection, influenza vaccination during pregnancy has been reported to induce a transient increase in the levels of a number of proinflammatory cytokines, including interleukin 6, tumor necrosis factor α, and C - reactive protein.27 - 30 Studies on mice found an association between high interleukin - 6 levels during pregnancy and abnormal behavior and brain structure.19 However, in epidemiological studies, associations between maternal cytokine levels and ASD have beenStudies on mice found an association between high interleukin - 6 levels during pregnancy and abnormal behavior and brain structure.19 However, in epidemiological studies, associations between maternal cytokine levels and ASD have beenstudies, associations between maternal cytokine levels and ASD have been mixed.

The study published last month found that male mice who don't have this autism - associated gene showed abnormal learning behavior — a symptom of autism.

In the course of conducting this research she became interested in the abnormal behaviors exhibited by other species, both wild and domestic, and eventually changed her focus to studying and working with companion animals.

CNDV 5350 - Abnormal Human Behavior A study of various symptom categories in psychopathology.

Abnormal thyroid function can produce a variety of behavior effects in children, ranging from impairments in concentration to severe neuropsychological deficits.43 Four studies of thyroid function were reviewed, and none of the 4 showed an association between abnormal thyroid levels aAbnormal thyroid function can produce a variety of behavior effects in children, ranging from impairments in concentration to severe neuropsychological deficits.43 Four studies of thyroid function were reviewed, and none of the 4 showed an association between abnormal thyroid levels aabnormal thyroid levels and ADHD.

The previous studies demonstrated abnormal activation of the anterior insula during empathy or emotional processing tasks in individuals with antisocial behavior (Herpertz et al., 2008; Sadeh et al., 2013).