{
  "id": 15749015,
  "title": "Chinese scientists find neurons may act as minicomputers that help decision-making",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/chinese-scientists-find-neurons-may-act-as-minicomputers-that-help-15749015",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-20T13:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3371538/chinese-scientists-find-neurons-may-act-minicomputers-help-decision-making"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chinese scientists have found evidence that individual neurons can act like powerful minicomputers that enable flexible behaviour such as making decisions. Scientists do not have a complete understanding of how our brains adapt to changing contexts to respond appropriately to sensory information. But by studying mice, the team obtained the first experimental evidence that dendrites – branchlike…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}