Neuroscientists often study brain function by presenting a stimulus many times and averaging the neural response. A trick for finding brain activity in single trials might reveal how animals mentally categorize information.
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Kilgard, M. Dynamic categories. Nature 412, 693–694 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35089173
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