{
  "id": 3603936,
  "title": "SPOUT: An open-source hardware and software platform to study decision making while manipulating and recording from neural activity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/spout-an-open-source-hardware-and-software-platform-to-study-decision",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.21.746318v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Recording and manipulating brain activity during behavior is critical to understanding the underlying mechanisms of decision-making. Linking neural activity to behavior requires behavioral hardware and software tightly integrated with recording and perturbation systems on a shared clock. We built SPOUT (State-machine Platform for Operant Uni/dual-spout Tasks), an open-source, Teensy-driven…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}