behavior
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These immune cells help monitor and protect the brain, but their behavior can change dramatically as Alzheimer's advances.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
I’m sure many Dodgers fans were equally horrified with your behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
"This is actually going to get harder, not easier ... because they're going to get better at hiding their behavior."
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Legal codes, he suggests, exist to regulate behavior that evolution shaped, and so should, in his view, rest on an understanding of where that behavior comes from.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He was used to being on the giving end of this kind of behavior, which generally kept him from being on the receiving end.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
During the same period, personal environmental behaviors remained fairly stable.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
When activity in particular areas of the brain is reduced, other neural circuits may become active and trigger a different set of behaviors.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Violence is shaped by social norms, power dynamics and the behaviors that institutions reward, tolerate or condemn.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
While adults age 40 and older overwhelmingly believe healthy behaviors support brain health, many do not practice them consistently.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Specific areas of the brain do control specific functions and behaviors, but it's not always as "logical" as we would imagine.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing behavior
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms - Middle School
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Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms - Introductory
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