Author: Dr. David Lowemann

USDA Ends School Program That Purchased Farm Food

The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers. About $660 million of that went to schools and childcare centers to buy food for meals through… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, […]

Published on March 13, 2025

Concussion Damage Lingers in Athletes Up to a Year

Concussion damage could linger in an athlete’s brain for at least a year, long after they’ve rejoined their sport, a new study says. Concussed college athletes had brain changes that remained visible in brain scans up to a year after they’d been cleared to return to play,… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. […]

Published on March 13, 2025

Conceptual Combination in Large Language Models: Uncovering Implicit Relational Interpretations in Compound Words With Contextualized Word Embeddings

Abstract Large language models (LLMs) have been proposed as candidate models of human semantics, and as such, they must be able to account for conceptual combination. This work explores the ability of two LLMs, namely, BERT-base and Llama-2-13b, to reveal the implicit meaning of existing and novel compound words. According to psycholinguistic theories, understanding the […]

Published on March 13, 2025