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The resting brain recapitulates activity patterns that occurred during a recent experience, possibly to aid long-term memory formation. Surprisingly, corresponding brain activity also occurs before an event happens. See Letter p.397

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Moser, E., Moser, MB. Seeing into the future. Nature 469, 303–304 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/469303a

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