Month: August 2022

10 Ways to Stop Stress Eating

Like Odysseus resisting the alluring song of the sirens, we must resist the tempting call of stress eating. Indulging in that pint of ice cream or devouring a whole bag of chips when stress strikes can lead to unwanted weight gain over time. According to experts, emotional eating often stems from… Emotional eating can waylay […]

Published on August 16, 2022

A Little Strength Training Goes a Long Way

Think of it like gardening: if you only tend to your plants once a week, they might survive but won’t thrive. Similarly, a study from Australia and Japan found that daily strength training is far more effective for building muscle than sporadic weekend workouts. Just like watering your garden a little bit each day, doing […]

Published on August 16, 2022

Patterns of synchronization in 2D networks of inhibitory neurons

Imagine a synchronized dance where dancers move in beautiful harmony, but instead of people, it’s inhibitory neurons in a 2D network. These networks often display synchronous assembly or clustered firing, where subsets of neurons fire together. Previous research focused on 1D or symmetric 2D networks, but this study looks at a general torus-shaped network with […]

Published on August 16, 2022