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Neural correlates of human memory

By making recordings from the human temporal lobe while subjects performed memory tasks, Ojemann and colleagues identify new functional subdivisions of the cortex.

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Fletcher, P., Tyler, L. Neural correlates of human memory. Nat Neurosci 5, 8–9 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0102-8

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