Author: Dr. David Lowemann

216 Child Flu Deaths This Year, the Most in 15 Years

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eclipse the 207 reported last year…. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David […]

Published on May 2, 2025

Eat These Four Fruits to Sleep More Soundly

According to the National Sleep Foundation, more than half of American adults do not get enough sleep and 82% wish they could get better sleep. Late-night snacking on low-fiber, high-fat foods such a dish of ice cream, a left-over slice of cheesecake, or a chocolate-covered… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, […]

Published on May 2, 2025

A Computational Framework to Study Hierarchical Processing in Visual Narratives

Abstract Theories of visual narrative comprehension have advocated for a hierarchical grammar-based comprehension mechanism, but only limited work has investigated this hierarchy. Here, we provide a computational framework inspired by computational psycholinguistics to address hierarchy in visual narratives. The predictions generated by this framework were compared against behavior data to draw inferences about the hierarchical […]

Published on May 2, 2025