'study playing' is not correct and usable in written English
You could use the phrase 'studying play' instead. Example sentence: I am interested in studying play for its potential educational benefits.
Morrison also wrote a critical study, "Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination" (1992), which, like all her novels since "Song of Solomon," became a best-seller.
Young has been a quick study, playing small forward and power forward, and his inside-outside game has made him one of the most surprisingly efficient rookies this season.
"Africanism has become... both a way of talking about and a way of policing matters of class, sexual license, and repression, formations and exercises of power, and meditations on ethics and accountability," Morrison writes in her illuminating study "Playing in the Dark".
The paper is in large part a reply to a 2004 study, "Playing Well With Others in Kindergarten: The Benefits of Siblings at Home," also co-authored by Dr. Downey, which found that kindergarten teachers rated children without siblings worse in interpersonal skills, self-control and problem behaviors.
11 policemen and inspectors (including one woman) from 3 national Dutch security institutions participated in the usability study, playing roles in the 3 scenarios that have been introduced in sub-section "Scenario design": VIP protection, crime investigation, and domestic violence.
This isn't surprising, given that (according to the same study), playing computer games trumped playing outdoors as the more enjoyable pastime.
Dr. Waterman and her husband, Dr. Roth, together study play behavior among male polar bears.
Bob Ream, the chairman of the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission, said the scientific study played a role in the decision.
This experimental study plays a guiding role to thermal analysis and design of other integrated lights.
This study plays a guiding role for ME composites design in real applications.
Taken together, the brain regions showed decreased functional connectivity with the RFPN in our study played important roles in pain processing and regulating.
