normative
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"In normative aging, hippocampal activation is deemphasized, which is probably what should be happening in a 70-year-old. But in many cases of Alzheimer's, it turns out the hippocampus is hyperactive," he said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Flavio’s candidacy has been presented as a less extreme and more socially normative version of his father’s policies, according to Dorson.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
It’s advocating for things that are normative in the scientific community,” said Jules Barbati-Dajches, an analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit advocacy group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
“Wuthering Heights” knew what it was about, and Brontë, despite her lack of firsthand experience in love, had the scripts of normative femininity dead to rights with the book’s relentless conflation of love and torment.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2026
Understanding that nature is not normative does not mean that anything goes.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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