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In search of lost time

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Electrical stimulation of the human brain does not enhance memory, according to a report that is in apparent conflict with earlier work. But this discrepancy could enable deeper insight into brain dynamics by stimulating basic research.

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  1. Noah P. Young and Karl Deisseroth are in the Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.,

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  2. K.D. is also at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University.,

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