time reversing the signals. We only selected those ACC-FEF channel combinations for which this held true. In other words, if an ACC (FEF) channel tended to Granger cause the FEF (ACC) channel in the theta range, then we expected that the FEF (ACC) channel would Granger cause the ACC (FEF) channel after time reversing the signals. As shown by Vinck et al.67, this provides a highly effective procedure to diminish the influence of correlated and uncorrelated noise.