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behavioral

[bih-heyv-yer-uhl] / bɪˈheɪv yər əl /
ADJECTIVE
concerned with manner of behaving
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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



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