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English: Two conditions—a baseline condition (a) and an active condition (b)—are represented here. Bold cells represent neurons firing. In the baseline condition, the participant sits motionless. When at rest, the cells in the sensorimotor cortex fire together, leading to higher power in the mu frequency band. In the active condition, the participant is asked to move, generating motor-cortex activity. This leads the sensorimotor cells to fire out of synchrony, leading to reduced mu power. Change in mu power is indexed by subtracting the baseline period from the active period. A negative value (suppression) indicates motor-cortex engagement.