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    "Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK; Surrey Sleep Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK; Corresponding author at: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.",
    "Faculty of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience, Cluj-Napoca, Romania",
    "Department of Psychology, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK; Surrey Sleep Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK",
    "Centre for Sleep and Cognition, Human Potential Translational Research Programme, and Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Surrey Sleep Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK",
    "Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom; Surrey Sleep Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK",
    "Surrey Sleep Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK; UK Dementia Research Institute, Care Research& Technology at Imperial College London and the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK"
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  "published": "2026-10-30",
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  "title": "Circadian and sleep-wake modulation of EEG functional connectivity across brain states and Its associations with cognition in humans",
  "title_text": "Circadian and sleep-wake modulation of EEG functional connectivity across brain states and Its associations with cognition in humans",
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