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  "id": 19555318,
  "title": "We cannot predict the development of social anxiety from brain scans, study says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/we-cannot-predict-the-development-of-social-anxiety-from-brain-scans",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-11T21:20:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-social-anxiety-brain-scans.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Freezing when a stranger enters the room, retreating to a parent's lap or being reluctant to approach other children: inhibited behavior in childhood is strongly associated with social anxiety disorder later in life. But is this inhibition also reflected in the brain, and could brain scans therefore help identify the early signs of social anxiety disorder?",
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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."
}