Sentence:  Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential <WSD>accounts</WSD> when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.