"reduced time spent" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe a decrease in time or effort that has been put into something. For example, "The new efficiency initiatives have reduced time spent on paperwork."
This could have been the result of the reduced availability of cognitive resources, the reduced time spent on the problems and/or participants' reduced confidence in their own performance.
Furthermore, signals that indicated the layout of the causal connection fostered transfer performance and reduced time spent with the simulation.
The anxiogenic β-carboline, FG-7142, reduced time spent in the open arm and head dips, and increased stretch-attend postures (1 30 mg/kg, i.p).
The anxiogenic β-carboline, FG-7142, reduced time spent in the open arm and head dips, and increased stretch-attend postures (1 30 mg/kg, i.p.).
Our results suggest a lack of comfort may be apparent in reduced time spent lying and a subsequent increase in time spent standing without eating.
Finally, overstocking of either lying stalls or the feed bunk to 150% reduced time spent ruminating and increased cow activity and number of cows displaced from stalls or the feed bunk in comparison with lower stocking rates (all P ≤ 0.05).
The highest dose of AMN082, 20 mg/kg, significantly reduced time spent in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, decreasing the number of REM sleep episodes and their mean duration.
While the presence of shelters in the FC reduced time spent in the NC (nest site attendance), the presence of rat odour in the FC increased active maternal care without altering nest site attendance.
Conversely, known anxiogenic compounds such as the benzodiazepine receptor inverse agonist FG-7142, and pentylenetetrazol, have been shown to produce pro-anxiety, or anxiogenic effects in the mouse and rat elevated plus-mazes, including reduced time spent exploring the open arm and reduced open arm entries (Pellow and File 1986; Lister 1987; Cruz et al. 1994; Cole et al. 1995; Rodgers et al. 1995).
Moreover, the utility based solution reduced time spent in SLA violations by about 43 %.
Reduced time spent at the station writing reports gives officers extra time on patrol to protect their community.
