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Aug 2013
August 8, 2013
Lopour et al report evidence for phase coding in the human temporal lobe. They recorded local field potentials (LFPs) in patients during performance of a card matching task. Classification of correct/incorrect responses was better when LFP phase was taken into account. The phases aligned just before the the two cards were compared and then diverged to code the response.
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