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Jan 14, 2025 | 
biorxiv.org | Ashley Zhou |John Duncan |Daniel Mitchell |MRC Cognition
AbstractThis study used functional MRI data from the StudyForrest dataset to investigate the role of subnetworks of the default mode network (DMN) during naturalistic stimulus transitions of different types and magnitudes. We found distinct activation profiles within the DMN: the dmPFC subnetwork was specifically associated with character and location transitions, the MTL subnetwork preferred location and temporal transitions, while the Core DMN subnetwork responded to all three transition types.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
palatinate.org.uk | Ashley Zhou
By Ashley ZhouContent warning: this article mentions of suicide and depression, which some readers may find upsetting. Aftersun (2022), written and directed by Charlotte Wells as her debut film, follows an adult Sophie looking back on old digital camera footage of a holiday she went on with her father (Callum). This was presumably taken the last time they saw each other, before he took his own life.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
biorxiv.org | Ashley Zhou |John Duncan |Daniel Mitchell |MRC Cognition
AbstractRecent findings challenge traditional views of the Default Mode Network (DMN) as purely task-negative or self-oriented, showing increased DMN activity during demanding switches between externally-focused tasks (Crittenden et al., 2015; Smith et al., 2018; Zhou et al., 2024). However, it is unclear what modulates the DMN at switches, with transitions within a stimulus domain activating DMN regions in some studies but not others.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
biorxiv.org | Ashley Zhou |John Duncan |Daniel Mitchell |MRC Cognition
AbstractDefault mode network (DMN) activity, measured with fMRI, typically increases during internally directed thought, and decreases during tasks that demand externally focused attention. However, Crittenden et al. (2015) and Smith et al. (2018) reported increased DMN activity during demanding external task switches between different cognitive domains, compared to within-domain switches and task repeats. This finding is hard to reconcile with many dominant views of DMN function.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Ashley Zhou
The FTC has been studying the competitive effect of improper listing of patents in the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) Orange Book as far back as the early 2000s.[i] However, in the last year, the issue has again come to the top of its enforcement agenda, starting with the issuance of an Amicus Curiae brief in November 2022 in Jazz Pharms., Inc.
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Aug 17, 2023 | 
shorelinemedia.net | Ashley Zhou
LANSING — A temporary ban on returning bottles and cans for deposits early in the pandemic may have caused long-lasting changes to the recycling habits of Michigan residents. Michigan’s return rate on bottles and cans, which stood at nearly 89% before the pandemic, has plummeted below 76%. That’s worrying environmentalists and businesses, including recycling companies that rely on a steady stream of aluminum and glass.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
bridgemi.com | Ashley Zhou
When posted signs aren’t enoughAccording to a study from the Environmental Integrity Project, 96 percent of assessed Michigan rivers and streams are considered impaired for fish consumption, often because of industrial pollution. The sediment beneath many Michigan waterways is contaminated with mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dioxins, vestiges of past industrial pollution that make their way into the tissue of fish.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
michiganradio.org | Ashley Zhou |Bridge Michigan
Sporting a bright yellow “Eat Safe Fish” t-shirt and lanyard, Jim Bridgforth carries an armful of pamphlets as he walks the Detroit River at Mariner Park. Anglers sit in camping chairs equipped with bait of all colors and sizes, wearing bucket hats and dipping into their lunch boxes as they wait for a bite from the long row of rods that jut out into the water. To Bridgforth, who visits this park multiple times a week, some are familiar faces.
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Aug 2, 2023 | 
circleofblue.org | Ashley Zhou |Bridge Michigan
This article is part of The Great Lakes News Collaborative, which includes Bridge Michigan, Circle of Blue, Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television, and Michigan Radio. It unites newsroom resources to report on the most pressing threats to the Great Lakes and drinking water supplies, including pollution, climate change, and aging infrastructure. The independent journalism is supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
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Aug 1, 2023 | 
greatlakesnow.org | Bridge Michigan |Ashley Zhou
In 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partnered with tribes to study water, nutrients and sediment in 12 Upper Peninsula lakes to determine ideal conditions to grow wild rice. Last year, Michigan allocated $100,000 to the wild rice initiative for further study. With precious little information about where Michigan’s remaining rice beds exist, mapping is a first crucial step.
