behavioral
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This paradox struck me hard one morning about 15 years ago while I was riding my commuter train to the University of Chicago, where I work as a professor of behavioral science studying social connection.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
In law and social science, we call this impact a chilling effect – the behavioral tendency for people in face of a threat to self-censor and restrain their activities for self-protection.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
This year, they wrote, “we still have no evidence of a broad behavioral shift.”
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Between the ages of 6 and 14, these participants underwent behavioral evaluations and brain imaging.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The essence of artificial selection—for a Heike crab, a dog, a cow or an ear of corn—is this: Many physical and behavioral traits of plants and animals are inherited.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing behavioral
Evolutionary Biology - Natural Selection - Middle School
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Evolutionary Biology - Adaptation
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Evolutionary Biology - Natural Selection - High School
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