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Cortical oscillation patterns during sustained attention in early development
Best available version
https://doi.org/10.1234/jneurosci.2025.04123
Neural correlates of predictive coding in the ageing auditory cortex
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https://europepmc.org/article/med/38901234
Proprietary signal processing in clinical electroencephalography
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