Month: May 2020

Healthy eating behaviors in childhood may reduce the risk of adult obesity and heart disease

Encouraging children to make their own decisions about food, within a structured environment focused on healthy food choices, has been linked to better childhood nutrition and healthier lifelong eating behaviors. Parents and caregivers can play a significant role in creating an environment that helps children develop healthier eating behaviors early in life, which can reduce […]

Published on May 11, 2020

No Participant Left Behind: Conducting Science During COVID-19

Cognitive scientists have ramped up online testing in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Although research conducted online solves the problem of data collection, a lack of internet access among low-income and minority communities may reduce the diversity of study samples and, thus, impact the generalizability of scientific findings. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David […]

Published on May 11, 2020

Exponential Time Differencing Algorithm for Pulse-Coupled Hodgkin-Huxley Neural Networks

The exponential time differencing (ETD) method allows using a large time step to efficiently evolve stiff systems such as Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) neural networks. For pulse-coupled HH networks, the synaptic spike times cannot be predetermined and are convoluted with neuron’s trajectory itself. This presents a challenging issue for the design of an efficient numerical simulation algorithm. […]

Published on May 9, 2020