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Goldin-Meadow and Rowe's study involved children from 50 Chicago-area families of various ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Annual incomes ranged from less than $15,000 to more than $100,000, and parents' educational level ranged from high school dropout to advanced degree. The researchers videotaped each child at 14 months with his or her primary caregiver (the mother, in 49 out of 50 kids) for 90 minutes while the pair engaged in everyday activities. Those tapes were then transcribed - all speech and gestures seen during the 90 minutes were noted and recorded in code. (See pictures...
That world has become so complex that Houser and his team have to use diagramming software to keep its various components straight. "It's an absolute bastard, because you're trying to track 50 characters," he says. "And the thing that makes it more complicated than, say, a TV show or a novel is that you as the player have choice. You can always do any of five or six things at once." Imagine Victor Hugo trying to write Les Misérables with Jean Valjean under the reader's control and you'll get some idea of what Houser...
Sloan: Let me ask you a different question. Would it be meaningful if we did a brain scan of someone before and after eating cheese? I don't understand the value of developing beautiful images, very appealing, aesthetic images of brain scans and people engaged in various religious experiences. I don't see the value any more than imaging people while eating cheese...
...attempting to reconcile her approach with scientists’ when depicting biological collections.“Egg and Nest,” Purcell’s latest exhibition, opened yesterday. It will be on display through March 15. The exhibition features images of the eggs and nests of various bird species. Photographed from a collection of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in California, the pictures attempt to enhance the visual beauty of natural history collections. For example, they emphasize the aesthetic attributes of the eggs and nests, from their color to their architectural design.Though Werby believes that these photographs...
...weave in and out rapidly throughout the film. This can be distracting, but it also amplifies the surprise during some of even the most predictable plot points. What “He’s Just Not That Into You” does best is preserve and enrich the various voices from the book. It bares women’s insecurities without sacrificing a sense of empowerment. When Alex tells Gigi to stop seeing men who are clearly not interested in her, she replies in a small voice, “So I’m just supposed...