Unsurprisingly, the spread of entrepreneurial activity followed the same pattern as the spread of personality: there were more start-ups in those states whose residents were more entrepreneurial.

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The paper's authors note that the reduced activity is a "pattern reminiscent of that seen in patients with autism, " who are often disengaged from others and who, like hoarders, have rigid routines as well as obsessive behavior.

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Within the olfactory bulb, each smell produced a different pattern of electrical activity.

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The researchers could only explain the very complex pattern of brain activity by relating it to what they knew about categorization and attention.

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Part of this light is reflected back, and the pattern of reflection indicates activity in the tissue it has been reflected from in particular, changes in the flow of blood to that tissue.

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Mauboussin contends a pattern of inconsistency in an activity points to outcomes that are largely a result of luck, not skill.

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They were calling because they have noticed the unusual international transfer activity, and were curious if this would be a repeating pattern in the future.

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The electrical activity fails to die away properly, and moves around the muscle in a turbulent pattern causing an arrhythmia known as ventricular fibrillation.

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We began seeing increased tax refund check activity late last week in our stores, resulting in a more normalized weekly sales pattern for this time of the year.

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