Ethnic identity is understood as a dynamic state, that is determined by three components: (1) by the degree of inclusion in the group of one's cultural origin; (2) the tendency to assimilate to the ethnic group of origin; and (3) the complementary tendency to differentiate from one's own ethnic group. In the same degree as the inclusion intensifies, the tendency to assimilate decreases and the ...

The words people use in their daily lives can reveal important aspects of their social and psychological worlds. With advances in computer technology, text analysis allows researchers to reliably and quickly assess features of what people say as well as subtleties in their linguistic styles. Following a brief review of several text analysis programs, we summarize some of the evidence that links...

The identity of subjects in many portraits has been a matter of debate by art historians that relied on subjective analysis of facial features. Developing automated face verification technique has thus garnered interest to provide a quantitative way to reinforce the decision arrived by the art historians. However, most existing works often fail to resolve ambiguities concerning the identity of ...