{
  "id": 1681473,
  "title": "Music evokes story-like brain activity beyond auditory processing, brain imaging shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/music-evokes-story-like-brain-activity-beyond-auditory-processing",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-18T09:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-music-evokes-story-brain-auditory.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In a paper appearing in Nature Communications, Princeton University researchers show how music produces distinct patterns in the regions of the brain associated with imagination and meaning, similar to those prompted by spoken narratives.",
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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."
}