Compressed representations underpin knowledge awareness in sequence learning
Haoran Jiang, Xiuyan Guo, Yang Lu, Shaobo Xu, Guanglong Liu, Xianting Shen, Xue Weng
The paper investigates how implicit sequence knowledge is represented in the brain before and after awareness, finding that compressed representations in left middle temporal cortex predict later conscious access.
bioRxiv · Aug 26, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience