The phrase "a decrease in skills" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in someone's abilities or competencies in a particular area.
Example: "The recent changes in the training program have led to a noticeable decrease in skills among the employees."
Alternatives: "a decline in abilities" or "a reduction in competencies."
Contrary to the motivational narratives summarized at the start of this section, Henrich's model assumes unlimited individual inventiveness: every individual draws a skill-level value from the interval [0,∞), albeit with a probability distribution that depends partly on the skill-level value of the individual's mentor and that is skewed towards a decrease in skill level.
The moderating effect of the child's age suggests that IY prevents a decrease in social skills for the ages covered by this study.
Early-life exposure to p,p′-DDT [2,2-bis p-chlorophenyl -1,1,1-trichloroethane] is associated with a decrease in cognitive skills among preschoolers at 4 years of age.
This hypothesis is also supported by Emery and Muntoni who suggest that the declining CK levels in serum of DMD patients is associated with a decrease in ambulatory skills and disease progression [ 22].
Early-life exposure to p,p′ -DDT was associated with a decrease in cognitive skills among preschoolers at 4 years of age (Ribas-Fitó et al. 2006) and with neurobehavioral dysfunction as well as impairment of mental capacities in school-age children.
In a study by Pfeiffer et al. [ 21], a decrease in students' communication skills was found through the last part of medical school, after an initial increase, especially their skills in obtaining an adequate social history.
The study finds that an increase in the marginal income tax rate leads to a decrease in the average skill of the N.B.A. free agents that migrate to that team.
In contrast, a variable follow-through may access multiple motor memories across trials, with any learning being spread across multiple memories, leading to a decrease in the speed of skill acquisition.
The rapid growth of internet social networks may also have resulted in an increase in the size of social networks, but a decrease in face-to-face social skills and therefore less direct social networking among younger adults.
First, it was hypothesised that BIC-CST would lead to an increase in residents' use of assessment and supportive skills and a decrease in the information transmitted.
As to residents' communication skills, it was hypothesised that BIC-CST would lead to an increase in the residents' use of assessment and supportive skills and a decrease in the instances of information transmitted.
