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  "id": 16197105,
  "title": "The tendency to imitate others is shared across 22 countries, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/the-tendency-to-imitate-others-is-shared-across-22-countries-study",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T13:52:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-tendency-imitate-countries.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "People often imitate some of the actions and gestures of others they are observing, without deliberately trying to do so. This tendency, known as automatic imitation, has long been assumed to be universal.",
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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."
}