The phrase "are much less responsive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare the responsiveness of two or more subjects, indicating that one is significantly less responsive than the other(s).
Example: "The new software updates are much less responsive than the previous versions, causing frustration among users."
Alternatives: "are significantly less responsive" or "are considerably less responsive."
Typically, females are much less responsive to song playback than males, and most field studies on species recognition have looked at responses of territorial males [8].
A recent series of studies [46] [48] demonstrated that prepubescent mice from the B6 strain are particularly pro-social, whereas age-matched BALB mice are much less responsive to social opportunities.
Our results support previous findings that the subcutaneous adipose depot is most reactive to acquiring BAT characteristics, whereas visceral depots are much less responsive (28).
Other agonists can be used, such as ristocetin and epinephrine, but dogs platelets are much less responsive to these substances than human platelets; therefore, ADP is the first choice agonist for platelet aggregation test in dogs [ 21].
Employing a novel social conditioned place preference (SCPP) procedure, we demonstrate that social proximity is rewarding for juvenile mice from three inbred strains (A/J, C57BL/6J and DBA/2J), while mice from a fourth strain (BALB/cJ) are much less responsive to social contact.
Cells expressing high levels of functional P-glycoprotein (MCF-7/ADR, KBv; LLC-MDR1; Caco-2, bovine brain microvessel endothelial cells [BBMECs]) are highly responsive to Pluronic treatment, while cells with low levels of P-glycoprotein expression (MCF-7, KB, LLC-PK1, human umbilical vein endothelial cells [HUVECs] C2C12 myoblasts) are much less responsive to such treatment.
As adults, the cattle with pre-existing responses to environmental mycobacteria were much less responsive to vaccination than were naïve adult cattle [ 33].
Likewise, if that same organism is less alert when the first stimulus occurs, it is likely to be much less responsive initially, but rapidly sensitizes, i.e., increases its responsiveness to the next stimulus, (hypothetically, in order to receive more information) and, if the stimulus is then assessed to be insignificant, habituation follows.
When these odour chemicals were degraded by NOx, the bees were much less responsive to their smell and would not stick out their tongues.
She finds that while non-Māori migration is highly responsive to local labour market opportunities, Māori migration is much less responsive, particularly for Māori living in their traditional iwi area.
But both were closed societies whose conservative decisions were governed by internal political concerns; they were much less responsive than ours to economic and scientific competition and pressure. .
