{
  "id": 2396999,
  "title": "How the brain distinguishes the consequences of our own choices from events beyond our control",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/how-the-brain-distinguishes-the-consequences-of-our-own-choices-from",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-21T15:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-brain-distinguishes-consequences-choices-events.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A study led by the University of Oxford has identified the brain mechanisms that help us work out whether the consequences we experience are caused by our own actions or by circumstances beyond our control.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}