Sentence examples for heightened tendency from inspiring English sources

Moral sensitivity is a heightened tendency to notice morally relevant features of situations.

We show here that T cell activation induced by TLR agonist exposure results in activation of CD4+ CM and EM T cells to enter cell cycle and a heightened tendency for the activated T cells to die.

Changes in the PVT RT of sleepy subjects are considered to reflect lapsing, a heightened tendency for microsleep which can lead to missed stimuli or extremely slow responses, and cognitive slowing, the overall increase in response latencies [33].

It is possible that after a relatively brief CIT treatment, serotonergic neurons might have a greater reservoir of intracellular 5-HT, or a heightened tendency to retain intracellular 5-HT due to the reduction in neuronal activity which dissipates with extended treatment.

These effects are important in the mediation of a heightened tendency toward organ-specific autoimmunity (including TD) in patients with HCV.

Moreover, sympatric females were more likely to have aggressive encounters with males than allopatric females, suggesting a heightened tendency to recognize males as competitors.

This brevity of pressure application, in light of current knowledge, would not re-aerate and/or splint lung units with a heightened collapsing tendency [ 38].

But she has only once played a grand slam semi-final, and the 20-year-old's lack of experience, heightening a tendency to get over-tense on big occasions, may weigh against her.

Anxiety about change -- all too often ginned up by those who can gain an advantage by doing so and who are too ruthless to care about the consequences -- only heightens that tendency.

Or is it a demand, a threatening line in the sand heightened by the tendency of the Internet to amplify aggression?

The chance of a jobless economic recovery this time around is heightened by the tendency of companies to reduce employees' working hours and to bolster their reliance on part-time workers.