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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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Jan 7, 2025 | 
link.springer.com | East Melbourne |MRC Cognition
AbstractVariations in neural survival along the cochlear implant electrode array leads to off-place listening, resulting in poorer speech understanding outcomes for recipients. Therefore, it is important to develop and compare clinically viable tests to identify these patient-specific intra-cochlear neural differences. Nineteen experienced cochlear implant recipients (9 males and 10 females) were recruited for this study.
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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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Jun 30, 2024 | 
bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com | Tarbiat Modares |MRC Cognition |MA candidate
In this section, we present a detailed account of the methodology employed in our study. The research design was carefully crafted to address key research questions and objectives, employing a combination of quantitative measures and advanced analytical techniques. The following subsections outline the participant selection process, measurement tools utilized, and the analytical framework applied for data interpretation.
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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 15, 2023 | 
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com | MRC Cognition |Anglia Ruskin
Sixty participants were randomised (Fig. 1), per our protocol target. Twenty-five participants were randomised pre-COVID (recruitment period March 2019–March 2020) and 35 during COVID (June 2020–January 2021). Due to the re-randomisation design, for the last recruitment wave (Wave 7, February to March 2021), participants first allocated to WL (n = 4) based on the predetermined randomisation sequence were immediately re-randomised to either AP or AE by opening the second randomisation envelope.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 00258-9&sz=64)
cell.com | Jan R. Wessel |Michael Anderson |MRC Cognition
Highlights Inhibitory control is a fundamental mechanism for adaptive behavior and cognition that features in theories across psychology and cognitive science. Although inhibitory control is thought to regulate processes ranging from actions to memories, most neuroscientific work studies these domains of inhibition separately. Recent crossdomain comparisons have converged on the view that inhibitory control arises from common, domain-general neural mechanisms.
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Oct 3, 2023 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Francesca M. Branzi |MRC Cognition
1 INTRODUCTION Understanding the news reports on the radio or sequential paragraphs while reading a book relies on the ability of the semantic system to integrate information over time to build meaningful representations. Whilst semantic integration is often error-free and apparently effortless, the cognitive challenges are non-trivial.
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Jul 13, 2023 | 
bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com | MRC Cognition
The constructed dataset supporting the conclusions of this article, as well as the interview script, is available in the Open Science Framework repository, available at http://osf.io/btwg3. Sixteen participants and 7 family members participated in this study (see Table 2 for full details). Participants varied widely in education, ABI aetiology, and occupational status, however there was no diversity in self-reported ethnicity.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com | MRC Cognition
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