A study introduces innovative ways to test whether neural population activity exhibits structure above and beyond that of its basic components.
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Pillow, J., Aoi, M. Is population activity more than the sum of its parts?. Nat Neurosci 20, 1196–1198 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4627
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