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These fields are computational design, allowing us to design complex forms with simple code; additive manufacturing, letting us produce parts by adding material rather than carving it out; materials engineering, which lets us design the
behavior
of materials in high resolution; and synthetic biology, enabling us to design new biological functionality by editing DNA.
This is a little robot that mimics the honeybee
behavior.
At one point, the prison warden himself recommended McGowan's transfer out of the CMU citing his good behavior, but the warden was overruled by the Bureau of Prison's Counterterrorism Unit, working with the Joint Terrorism Task Force of the FBI.
I learn and mirror that
behavior.
People who seem to know only one thing about animal
behavior
know that you must never attribute human thoughts and emotions to other species.
What changes in the brain would have to occur in order to cause this kind of
behavior?
To psychologists, learning is a long-term change in
behavior
that's based on experience.
Operant conditioning explains how consequences lead to changes in voluntary
behavior.
We manage to do this with little effort, inferring stable character traits from a single behavior, like a harsh word or a clumsy step.
So, unfortunately for our new friend from the football game, his bad
behavior
at the game might outweigh his good
behavior
at the park.
In other words, the brain seems to be tracking low-level, statistical properties of
behavior
in order to make complex decisions regarding other people's character.
It needs to decide is this person's
behavior
typical or is it out of the ordinary?
Think about the last time you judged someone based on their behavior, especially a time when you really feel like you changed your mind about someone.
Was the
behavior
that caused you to update your impression something you'd expect anyone to do, or was it something totally out of the ordinary?
There are evolutionary arguments regarding every human mating behavior, from how we display ourselves to potential mates, to how we treat each other in relationships, to how we raise kids.
This occurs when you imitate someone's
behavior
without knowing it, a subtle and unintentional copycat maneuver.
This hypothesis suggests that we yawn when we see someone else yawn because we are unconsciously copying his or her
behavior.
It became clear to me that while it's true that polarization is primarily driven by our human behavior, social media shapes this
behavior
and magnifies its impact.
But part of this Internet is being held captive by the less noble aspects of our human
behavior.
We're so used to pouring ketchup that we don't realize how weird its
behavior
is.
In such cases, scientists use an epidemiological study, which simply observes people going about their usual behavior, rather than randomly assigning active participants to control invariable groups.
Oh, yet, careful experiments, for instance watching the
behavior
of tiny particles whizzing around the Large Hadron Collider confirmed that the effects are real.
But you can observe these fascinatingly simple, yet effective, processes directly through some simple experiments, by allowing ants to enter empty spaces of various sizes and paying attention to their
behavior.
Because the physics that governs the
behavior
of systems at such small scales is much different than the physics of the macroscopic objects you see around you all the time.
That's far too small to detect, so we'll never see wave
behavior
from a cat.
But if you repeat this experiment many times, keeping track of all the individual detections, you'll see them trace out a pattern that's characteristic of wave behavior: a set of stripes - regions with many electrons separated by regions where there are none at all.
The last final important property is this very elastic
behavior
of the cat limb, so to handle impacts and forces.
Trigger, behavior, reward.
She started to become disenchanted with her
behavior.
And it tries its hardest to help us change our behavior, to help us stop smoking, to help us stop eating that second, that third, that fourth cookie.
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