News Situation report on 8 February 2021: 20% return of students From 8 February, each faculty, school and training institute of the University of Strasbourg may allow up to 20% of its registered students at a time to return to the university campuses.
News Alternating lockdown, a mathematical simulation provides the solution Different perspectives on Covid-19 research: mathematics. The epidemic poses health, economic and social problems. In order to alleviate these problems, a study based on mathematical models has highlighted the advantages of an alternating lockdown, which would have the same efficacy as the current lockdown. Nava Schulmann, a researcher with the Project Mimesis team at the Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies du Numérique (INRIA), explains.
News Stimulating the orbitofrontal cortex in order to change economic choices Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have gained a better understanding of the physiological process at work in the brain during economic decision-making, proving that the value signals identified in the orbitofrontal cortex are indeed involved in decision-making. Sébastien Ballesta, a lecturer at the Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives, who participated in the study published in Nature, explains.
