Sentence examples for play decreased from inspiring English sources

Expressions of negative affect during free play decreased after the onset of crawling, but there was no change in expressions of positive affect.

The use by organized groups, as well as by adult walkers, runners and cyclists, increased the most, while individual children's play decreased.

Total play and locomotor play decreased across the 20 min, whereas social play remained high until the 8th min. Total play (P < 0.001) and social play (P < 0.01) were most frequent during the 2nd week.

We found significant effects of age for all the social categories: interactions with adults, unoccupied and onlooker behavior, solitary and parallel play decreased, while associative play, cooperative play and interactions with peers increased over the preschool years (two-way ANOVAs, all F3,156>5.2, all P<0.002; see Table S2).

Given that participation in unstructured outdoor play decreases by age, school physical education probably becomes important for promoting a physically active lifestyle among older children who do not participate in organized sports during leisure time.

The Mets have played much better as a team since shoring up their outfield defense, and Manager Terry Collins implied Saturday that left fielder Eric Young Jr. was not about to see his playing decreased now that Duda has returned.

Several factors may be at play including decreased respiratory function due to a buildup of fat and the fact that adipose tissue leads to a pro-inflammatory state.

Together, the combination of reduced attack/pouncing and increased evasion, a tactic that terminates a play bout as opposed to pinning, which facilitates play, demonstrates a decreased interest in play in animals with medial prefrontal cortex lesions.

Durazo lost the first-base job when Arizona signed Grace last winter, and his playing time decreased drastically.

Even as Girardi's playing time decreased and Jorge Posada gradually developed into the Yankees' front-line catcher, Girardi maintained his status as a clubhouse leader.

The player enrolled at O'Connell but transferred last winter midway through his junior season after his playing time decreased significantly.