Experimental interruptions of matings at predetermined times were conducted to examine whether males that protract matings beyond the females' preferred duration are rewarded by increased progeny production.
Sophisticated experimental designs, including night interruption as well as Bünsow and Nanda-Hamner protocols, verified the involvement of the circadian clock into photoperiodism in various organisms [ 4- 8].
Our finding derived from "real life" treatment interruptions in socio-economically and ethnically diverse patients is consistent with both observational and experimental studies of treatment interruptions.
This study is the first to quantify the cost of these interruptions using an experimental design.
The current research provides the first attempt to quantify the effect of these interruptions using an experimental design.
In experimental studies, participants subjected to interruptions while performing tasks experienced increased stress, annoyance and frustration [ 10, 12].
One is an experimental study evaluating the impact of interruptions on drug entry errors [ 10].
Our experimental protocol involved brief and regular interruptions (2 min of activity for every 20 min sitting) to prolonged sitting time.
Her battery of tiny interruptions during her son's experimental play is a scene in itself: the shawl adjustments, the crossing of the legs, the catching of another's spectator's eye.
2 4 The negative consequences of interruptions have been demonstrated in experimental studies in the psychology literature.
