Sentence examples for propensity to explore from inspiring English sources

Male NMRI mice were tested in the object location model which is based on the animals' inherent interest to examine changes in their environment: The animals' propensity to explore relocated objects in relation to unaltered objects, presented in two different sessions (sample and trial), was studied.

First, we tested fish individually in the compartments separated by an opaque partition to investigate their propensity to explore a risky area when alone ('isolation stage').

Berdoy et al [ 23] showed in wild/laboratory hybrid rats that the propensity to explore novel stimuli in their environment was higher in T. gondii infected than uninfected rats.

Prepuberal unexposed females thus showed a behavioral profile suggestive of lower anxiety and higher propensity to explore a novel environment (which suggests that females showed lower risk assessment levels than males).

In conclusion, the above results imply that dry substrate, no cover (especially under unfavourable thermoregulatory conditions) or no substrate inhibit the propensity to explore and move to another habitat area.

In order to study this type of memory in animals a number of rodent models of episodic-like memory have been developed that make use of rodents' natural propensity to explore novel aspects of their environment (Eacott and Norman, 2004; Kart-Teke et al., 2006; Eacott and Easton, 2007; Good et al., 2007).

According to this model, individuals with ASD display poor Empathizing skills (inability to identify another person's emotions and thoughts, and respond to these with an appropriate emotion) but high Systemizing skills (strong propensity to analyze, explore and construct a system, which provides a way of understanding and predicting non agent behaviours).

The natural propensity of animals to explore novel objects more relative to familiar ones is used as an index of stimulus recognition.

Secondly, we used propensity score methods to explore more fully the effect on the primary outcome of imbalances in the baseline characteristics of women in different birth settings (see appendix 6 on bmj.com).

The novel object recognition test measures the natural propensity of a rat to explore a novel versus familiar object.

The open field test measures the propensity of a mouse to explore the relative safety of the arena walls versus the brightly lit center, a behavior called thigmotaxis.