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• These data suggest that awake SWRs - and potentially replay - does not affect the immediate behavior nor the temporary memorization of relevant events at a short timescale that are required to successfully perform the spatial tasks.
• However, given that in these experiments, the rats learned a stereotypical pattern of maze arm visits across several days, other explanations for the role of SWRs cannot be ruled out, including memorizing the temporal order of events and supporting long-term consolidation.
• learning process and behavior at the immediate, intermediate, or long-term timescales.
• We report that rats had an equally high performance with or without awake SWR disruption, which suggests that the timeframe of impact on behavior of awake SWR-associated replay is not immediate or intermediate but most likely long-term (>1 hr).

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