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Nature 461, 50-51 (3 September 2009) | doi:10.1038/461050a; Published online 2 September 2009

Neuroscience: Persistent feedback

Hyojung Seo1 & Daeyeol Lee1

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How does the brain remember the consequences of our actions? Persistent activity in the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia may be crucial for learning correct actions through experience.

Do you jump out of bed when you hear the alarm clock ring in the morning? Or do you push the snoozer?

  1. Hyojung Seo and Daeyeol Lee are in the Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
    Email: daeyeol.lee@yale.edu

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