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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Movement behavior"”.
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Conjugate-lateral eye movement behavior in later childhood
… has indicated that conjugate-lateral eye movement direction (the direction in which a person looks while thinking) can be a sensitive indicator of which cerebral hemisphere is initially activated. The central purpose of this investigation was to analyze the effects of the stimulus …
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RELATING METABOLIC PHENOTYPES TO MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR IN BROOK TROUT
<p>Brook trout movement-related life history strategies vary considerably and range from individuals that stay within the same 100 meters their entire life to individuals that are potamodromous or anadromous. Potential drivers of movement life histories have been the subject of much research in …
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How a Central-Place Forager (Callospermophilus lateralis) Modifies its Movement Behavior to Navigate a Risky Landscape and Maximize Fitness
… competition and predation. These conflicting behaviors can affect differential selection of food patches and how much time individuals may spend foraging in safe versus risky patch types. Golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis) are granivorous rodents that are widespread …
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Characterizing the Brain Dynamics and Eye Movement Behavior of Memory-Guided Saccades: a Preliminary Investigation of Distractor Influence on Memory-Guided Saccades
… record the changes in saccadic eye movement (SEM) behavior and event-related potentials (ERPs) associated with performance on a memory-guided saccade task with distractor conditions. Thirteen healthy control participants (n = 13; 6 female) were tasked to complete 864 memory-guided …
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The movement behavior and reproductive ecology of western corn rootworm beetles (coleoptera: chrysomeliae) in Bt cornfields with structured and seed blend refuges
… strategy relies heavily on western corn rootworm movement and mating behavior, it is important to understand these behaviors in Bt cornfields. This dissertation presents data on daily movement within Bt cornfields and details of western corn rootworm mating relevant to resistance management. The …
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Compositional Associations of Time Spent in Sleep, Screen Time, and Physical Activity with Polysubstance Use in Adolescents
… was to examine the relationship between the movement behavior composition (time spent in sleep, screen time, and physical activity) and polysubstance use in adolescents. Methods: This cross-sectional study examined 14,701 Canadian adolescents in grades 6-10. The independent variable was the …
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Tracking Toads: Movement Patterns of Gulf Coast Toads (Incilius nebulifer) and the Urban Environment
… Coast Toad may be expanding its range. Studying movement behavior can reveal how invasive a species may be and is a key factor in understanding the ecology of a species. This study used standardized movement trials in the field to gather behavioral data from toads in two different urban …
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Eye Movement Control During Reading: The Selection of Where to Send the Eyes
Studies of eye movements during reading have provided much information about the moment by moment perceptual and cognitive processes that occur during reading. However, the validity of the claims made about these processes depends largely upon the correspondence of eye movement control and the …
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Movement of Selected Nearshore Temperate Reef Fishes Along California's Central Coast
… especially the Sebastes genus (rockfishes). Movement behavior of temperate reef-fishes plays an important role in the level of protection that a reserve will afford a species. Consistent small-scale movements (<10 km) and limited home range sizes decrease the likelihood that individuals will …
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Effects of Fertility Control on the Movement Ecology of White-Tailed Deer
… explores the effects of fertility control on the movement ecology of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann). Deer populations may become abundant in human-dominated landscapes, taking advantage of anthropogenic resources and the lack of natural predators. This abundance poses …
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The Relationships of Three Aspects of Eye Movements to Internal Sensory Modes During Three Response Situations
This study examined whether eye movement behavior is related to the internal sensory mode being used to represent information. In addition to examining Grinder and Bandler's claim that the direction of first eye movement is related to internal sensory mode (visual, auditory, or kinesthetic), …
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Oculomotor Control in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
There have been few studies investigating the eye movement behavior of Parkinson’s disease patients during fixation. This study objectively measured the eye movements of 36 patients with Parkinson’s disease, and 20 age matched controls. Stimuli consisted of ten standardized text passages first …
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Playing It by Eye: Stimulus Based Effects on Attention Patterns in Shopping
… changes in visual properties and changes in eye movement behavior between subjects. Experiment 3 analyzed the dataset for evidence of eye movement patterns predicted by the visual decision making and visual search literature and found no evidence of either. All together, these experiments argue …
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Protecting critical infrastructure systems using cyber, physical, and socio-technical models
… of a potential defense system for physical movement is an effective mechanism for improving system security. We then conduct a safety analysis to identify potential cyber attacks on the railway signaling system that would violate system safety. To do so, we use networks of timed automata to …
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Eye movements under the control of working memory : the challenge of a reading-span task
… memory and memory capacity have an effect on eye movement behavior while reading. The frequently used paradigm of the reading span task, in which test subjects read and evaluate individual sentences, was used for the experimental review of the research questions. The results speak for the fact …
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Seasonal habitat and movement ecology of adult brook trout in a northern Michigan headwater stream
… fontinalis</em>) exhibit a wide variety of movement and habitat use strategies. Habitat needs change seasonally and ontogenetically, but the degree to which brook trout move among suitable habitats depends on life history strategy and stability in environmental conditions. This study …
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Obstacle crossing behaviors in firefighters: effects of personal protective equipment and firefighter activity
… of actual firefighting. To examine changes in movement behavior as a result of the fatigue induced by each condition, firefighters completed a functional task course which included traversing a stationary obstacle both before and immediately after each protocol. In half of the trials, subjects …
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The genes must flow: using movement ecology to understand connectivity of Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) populations in altered landscapes
… mitigation efforts. Connectivity arises from the movement of individuals within and between populations; understanding the movement ecology of a species can provide crucial information in how to best manage populations to maintain gene flow across a landscape. The Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus …
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When the Map Fails the Territory: Hidden State Models, Complex Traits and the Evolution of Bird Migration
… I then develop new continuous metrics of bird movement from large-scale community science (eBird) data, using entropy-based measures and phylogenetically aligned component analysis (PACA) to reveal a multi-dimensional structure of evolutionarily relevant combinations of traits, representing …
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Evaluating Context In Vocabulary Acquisition In Reading
… vocabulary acquisition in reading. The eye movements of adult skilled readers were monitored while they read sentences containing informative context followed by a known or novel target word. Both experiments provided new evidence of increased levels of target word and informative context …
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