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Wael F Asaad1, Sameer A Sheth2
1Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA; Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
Neuron
|May 23, 2024
Abstract:
Neurophysiology and neuromodulation strive to understand the neural basis of behavior through a one-to-one correspondence between a particular brain and its behavioral output. Within this framework, studies with few subjects but sufficient sample sizes can be both rigorous and impactful.

