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Spaced Learning Enhances Episodic Memory by Increasing Neural Pattern Similarity Across Repetitions

Kanyin Feng, Xiao Zhao, Jing Liu, Ying Cai, Zhifang Ye, Chuansheng Chen and Gui Xue
Journal of Neuroscience 3 July 2019, 39 (27) 5351-5360; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2741-18.2019
Kanyin Feng
1State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning and IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China, and
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Kanyin Feng, Xiao Zhao, Jing Liu, Ying Cai, Zhifang Ye, Chuansheng Chen, Gui Xue
Journal of Neuroscience 3 July 2019, 39 (27) 5351-5360; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2741-18.2019

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Kanyin Feng, Xiao Zhao, Jing Liu, Ying Cai, Zhifang Ye, Chuansheng Chen, Gui Xue
Journal of Neuroscience 3 July 2019, 39 (27) 5351-5360; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2741-18.2019
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  • EEG
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