Dozing in a bassinet, a newborn wears a stretchy cap fitted with more than 100 soft electrodes. A low beep sounds, and she squints. Nearby, scientists watch jagged lines moving across a computer screen, recording electrical activity in the infant's brain. The scientists want to know what's going on in there — and that tiny squinting action suggests that the baby has been learning while she sleeps.

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