Researchers may have seen the signature of a memory in the making. In monkeys that learnt to associate two stimuli, single neurons changed their responses before, during or after learning became evident.
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Dudai, Y. Caught in the act. Nature 424, 377–378 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/424377a
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