Sentence examples for manipulated performance from inspiring English sources

We systematically manipulated performance outcomes in a shuffling task by means of magnetic fields.

When it worked, that control yielded original interpretive twists, but there was also the sense of a too thoroughly manipulated performance, with more attention to episodic detail than to the sweep of each movement or the work as a whole.

Emphasizing casual online gameplay, this study investigates how individuals respond to manipulated performance feedback in either a competitive or cooperative game play setting.

For now, experts are manipulating performance in other ways, even at the Australian institute.

And, by moving from performance measures tested in tandem to solitary targets, companies make it easier for executives to manipulate performance to meet the target.

In April 2004, an employee invoked the company's whistleblowing procedure after being instructed by his bosses to manipulate performance data, in order to misrepresent the company's performance to Ofwat.

The reason why we engage directors in the theatre is to navigate the language of the play into new signs to effect the understanding of the audience; Shakespeare has survived because successive generations of practitioners have had the freedom to manipulate performance and design to create a context that lends insight and meaning to language.

"To manipulate performance in a controlled lab experiment and then bring it into a natural environment is an important advance," he says.

This study utilised a 2 (worry status: worrier vs. non-worrier) × 2 (performance feedback: success vs. non-contingent failure) × 2 (strategy advice: advice vs. none) between subjects factorial design to investigate the effects of worry on performance and persistence by manipulating performance feedback and strategy advice.

Our findings are unique in that we measured maths anxiety as an individual differences variable (instead of experimentally manipulating performance pressure).

It shares many of its themes and, as in the galleries, a home-made aesthetic prevails, with film hand-edited, layered, written on, manipulated through performance.