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  "id": 7775689,
  "title": "Stable frontal signals, flexible hippocampal ones: How the brain preserves context as goals change",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/stable-frontal-signals-flexible-hippocampal-ones-how-the-brain",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-stable-frontal-flexible-hippocampal-brain.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "While humans are completing a task, they can temporarily store information in their minds while also manipulating and adapting it based on changing circumstances. To support this capability, known as working memory, the brain needs to hold onto important context about a task, updating it when rules, goals or circumstances change.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}