The phrase "alter subjects" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes or modifications to topics or themes, particularly in academic or analytical contexts.
Example: "In this study, we will alter subjects to examine the effects of different variables on their behavior."
Alternatives: "change topics" or "modify themes".
Here, we provide behavioural data showing that the incidental presentation of aversive and appetitive conditioned stimuli can alter subjects' preferences in an economic task, involving a choice between a safe or gamble option.
Likewise, although we were not able to alter subjects' belief that global climate change had occurred in the past, different treatments produced enormously different impacts on subjects' beliefs concerning the validity of data suggesting that climate is changing again and beliefs concerning the severity of the threat represented by current climate changes.
Additionally, we show here that our prior finding that sleep deprivation on the first post-training night does not alter subjects' ability to find their way in the virtual town three days later was not due to a limited amount of training in the Orban et al. study [12].
Citalopram relative to placebo also suppressed differences in heart rate associated with the viewing of pleasant and unpleasant images, but did not alter subject's subjective responses to emotional images.
However, we found that SU withdrawal for 8 weeks did not significantly alter subject weight.
This problem could be dealt with by a protocol that regulates the number and timing of blood glucose checks, but that approach also would alter subject behavior, limiting the utility of the control group.
The results suggest that altering subjects' expectations could further improve the validity of the double-blind.
We first measured subjects' ability to detect whether each photo had been manipulated by asking "Do you think this photograph has been digitally altered?" Subjects were given three response options: (a) "Yes, and I can see exactly where the digital alteration has been made"; (b) "Yes, but I cannot see specifically what has been digitally altered"; or (c) "No".
This demonstrates that the mood induction, but not ATD, successfully altered subjects' moods.
Another limitation is that wearing the personal exposure monitor backpack may have altered subjects' activities and potentially affected true personal endotoxin exposure levels.
Was it the educational program alone, altering subjects perceptions and understanding, or was it the educational program plus self-care that mediated the change?
