Sentence examples for reflexive reactions from inspiring English sources

More likely, what we are seeing are the reflexive reactions of a regime that believes its back is to the wall.

At the start of the session, when they look at photographs of Mr. Bush, Mr. Kerry and Ralph Nader, subjects from both parties tend to show emotional reactions to all the candidates, indicated in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with reflexive reactions.

Predicting the future state of the world from the present is critical for flexible behaviour, allowing us to move beyond reflexive reactions and instead towards charting a course that minimises punishment or improves our chances of reward.

Mice were evaluated for general health, including body weight and length, appearance of fur and whiskers, reflexive reactions to a gentle touch from a cotton swab to the whiskers and the visual placing reflex.

It is a reflexive reaction to uncertainty.

That was exactly the reflexive reaction of many Republicans after the speech.

The reflexive reaction by Chinese citizens is to ask which of several common rackets may have played a role.

For her, as for so many others, a reflexive reaction to a gift bottle of Champagne is "Not now -- wait".

It's a reflexive reaction to the smiles that leak from the faces of his amused listeners.

Yet the reflexive reaction of the police was to round up young Muslim men, torture them, extract confessions and declare the cases solved.

Our reflexive reaction — that the people involved were "bad apples" whose actions are inconsistent with the motives and overall conduct of the Americans in Iraq, he suggests, "is the most harmful response imaginable from a spiritual standpoint".