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Keeping a picture in mind requires many brain cells to actively communicate ... or does it? There might be more to working memory than neuronal chatter, and silent processes could be hiding right beneath the surface.

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Figure 1: How to ping a brain.

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  1. Rosanne L. Rademaker and John T. Serences are in the Psychology Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.,

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Rademaker, R., Serences, J. Pinging the brain to reveal hidden memories. Nat Neurosci 20, 767–769 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4560

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