"underlying subjects" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is generally used in the context of a discussion or analysis to refer to an issue or theme that lies beneath the surface of a topic but is still important. for example, "The researcher explored the underlying subjects of wealth disparity in the area."
Both hypotheses provide an adequate explanation of behavior in existing experiments, but the two approaches rely on very different interpretations of the factors underlying subjects' behavior.
A number of philosophers have suggested that the mechanisms underlying subjects' capacity to engage in mindreading are those that enable engagement in pretense behavior (Currie and Ravenscroft 2002; Goldman 2006; Nichols and Stich 2003; for an overview of recent discussions, see Carruthers 2009).
Using a continuous decision-making task with four different dynamic reward structures underlying subjects' action-outcome contingencies, we found in this paper that differential involvement of brain areas in action selection and learning during different time periods of the task.
Though the underlying subjects remain the same, the talk has acquired civilized manners and flourishes.
As great as Levin's performance was, the small venue — and the shockingly small audience that it holds — are the underlying subjects of this post.
These are the issues this study investigates since previous studies in this area were focused on other countries, at different times, and with different measures of socio-economic indicators suggesting that the underlying subjects may be important and should be pursued further.
The underlying subject of "In Jackson Heights" is the meaning of the "unum" in "E pluribus unum".
Hollywood films and cinematic perspectives have influenced many of Ruscha's paintings, but the underlying subject of his work has always been Los Angeles itself.
The unexpected bonus was that the Oxford audience relished the layer of thriller pastiche but also could see through to the underlying subject.
As the years go by, one senses that mortality itself is her underlying subject and that all her books are books of remembering.
In place of the wit and insight that the book required, Irving could only manage a series of stilted, long-winded yarns that never seemed to reveal their underlying subject.
