Sentence examples for persistent choices from inspiring English sources

This location preference was further self reinforced, as persistent choices for a given location resulted in relatively more rewards obtained there.

A focused contrast in the overall anova evaluated the three-way interaction of number of persistent choices, pre/post, and lesion group, based on the hypothesis that strategy implementation deteriorates postoperatively because of an increase in inappropriate sporadic choices (after one, two or three persistent choices) and a decrease in appropriate sporadic choices (after four persistent choices).

Four consecutive persistent choices resulted in a reward after the fourth choice; any time after that a sporadic choice was rewarded immediately, but sporadic choices were not rewarded again until another persistent reward had been earned.

The exception to this was the analysis of strategy behavior (probability of sporadic choices after different numbers of persistent choices), which required parametric anova for evaluation of higher-order interaction effects that cannot be examined with non-parametric tests.

Monkeys could perform poorly in this task for two reasons: they could make inappropriate sporadic choices that interrupt sequences of persistent choices that are necessary to gain rewards (and to enable a sporadic choice to give reward); and they could fail to make sporadic choices when they are appropriate (immediately after a rewarded persistent response).

For this measure, the probability of making a sporadic response after one, two, three or four persistent choices was determined for each test session for each monkey, and a mean value calculated for each monkey for its pre- and postoperative performance tests.

Although its exact location is not certain, an archaeological site near the contemporary town of Tula in Hidalgo state has been the persistent choice of historians.

The archaeological site located on a low ridge near the modern town of Tula has been the persistent choice of all historians since the conquest, in part because of the coincidence of place-names.

Google's remedy on the other hand is far more intrusive and a persistent choice that will be presented to consumers every time they use Google search.

First, four consecutive choices of the 'persistent' object within each pair resulted in delivery of a 190-mg pellet upon the fourth persistent choice.

But in the U.S., despite persistent concerns, free choice is an overriding ethic, and fast-food and cookie sellers like McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Kraft Foods have little short-term fear of such restrictions.