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  "id": 2246812,
  "title": "Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/watching-tiktok-and-instagram-deactivates-the-cognitive-control",
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  "published": "2026-08-20T18:54:32.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.rathbiotaclan.com/tiktok-videos-deactivate-key-cognitive-brain-regions/"
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  "summary": "Article URL: https://www.rathbiotaclan.com/tiktok-videos-deactivate-key-cognitive-brain-regions/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49378630 Points: 275 # Comments: 104",
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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."
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