To test the theory, researchers gave 132 participants one of three tasks: using tweezers to remove small pieces from slots in the Japanese equivalent of the board game Operation, counting the appearances of a digit in a block of numbers, and a reaction time test.
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Bentley used this month's Geneva International Motor Show to test reaction to its potential SUV before giving it the green light for production.
These were not mere show cars intended to test the reaction of potential customers.
Of course, it is early days and many comments are still trial balloons seeking to test public reaction as well as the sincerity of the other side.
To test out reaction, I take a copy of the book to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish study centre, where I meet a 22-year-old man in signature black hat and beard.
Madeleine Brand speaks with Michele Keleman about the reaction to reports of the test and the next steps at the United Nations.
Marathon runner Mike Tebulo and 400m runner Ambene Simukonda joined in the annual Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) fitness test at Imjin Barracks.
Blogger John Hempton, of Bronte Capital, set up a fake profile on girlsdateforfree.com that he deliberately made as unattractive as possible to test what kind of reaction he would receive.
It may be unsafe for you to test your child's reaction to eggs at home, particularly if your child has had a severe reaction to eggs in the past.
Instead, Bluebubblelab allows companies to measure consumer reaction by analyzing their facial expressions while they test products, watch TV series or commercials at their own homes or anywhere else.
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He has developed computer simulations which could test -- and improve -- reaction times, multi-tasking and spatial awareness.
For years, he had been making the case that polymerase chain reaction (PCR) would be the best way to test for the existence of Earth-like DNA on Mars.
Oram has been fined 20% of his match fee after being found guilty of dissent for his reaction to being given out on day two of the second Test.
The combative 28-year-old, South Africa's top bowler in the Test series with 14 wickets, has a severe stress reaction in the second metatarsal.
If more players want to test their value in the marketplace, that seems a perfectly natural reaction to the money-driven world of college hoops.
Creswell was also involved in a 2009 study that showed just two 10-minute affirmation writing activities in the weeks leading up to a test were sufficient to relieve the study subjects' stress-related reaction to the examination.
This might have had something to do with the unfinished nature of the preview, but after a 2D Showscan test in the 80's Trumbull said -- based on audience reaction -- he wouldn't use HFR cinema for period or dialogue driven films.
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Just one square inch, the chip contains 2, 056 microvalves that can selectively mix reagents together (in this case to test for the activity of a particular enzyme in a bacterium) in 256 reaction chambers, each one holding less than one-billionth of a liter of fluorescent dye.
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