Of relevance to the current study, depictions that utilize vertical space with more recent developments placed at the top imply progress or improvement and lead individuals to conceive of evolution as a teleological (purpose-driven) process (Tversky 2011).
Scholars and archaeologists have estimated the age of the rock paintings through various indirect methods, including excavations, faunal studies, climatic studies, depiction of types of weapons and chariots, and inscriptions.
A graduate student researcher with the center is studying an indigenous right-wing movement in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and another student is studying depictions of Jewish males with relation to the Dreyfus Affair in late 19th-century France.
Graff et al. (2013) studied depictions of girls in girls' magazines and used similar categories as Goodin et al.; they coded characteristics of girls' appearance as sexualized if it revealed, emphasized, or enhanced sexualized body parts.
In Mao's China, access to the unexpurgated edition was restricted to government high officials (who were urged to study its depiction of imperial corruption) and select academics.
Browning, who has spent his entire academic life studying the depiction of vampires in film and literature, originally thought that there must be something deranged about real people who identify with such characters.
Browning, who has spent his entire academic life studying the depiction of vampires in film and literature, originally thought that there must be something deranged about real people who identify with the characters that seem more suited to horror movies than a historic district in Louisiana.
The researchers studied only depictions where it could be determined unambiguously that the animal was walking, and not trotting or otherwise running, as in those gaits the leg movements may differ.
Gaming Representation: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Video Games studies the depictions of race, gender, and seuxality across a variety of video game genres, from the mainstream to indie.
Not only will the exhibition showcase Degas' ballet scenes, but also portraits, nude studies, and depictions of modern Parisian life in the late nineteenth century.
