{
  "id": 874808,
  "title": "Neuroscientists uncover a universal mechanism for human decision making",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/neuroscientists-uncover-a-universal-mechanism-for-human-decision",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-14T13:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/how-the-brain-uses-a-single-mechanism-to-learn-rules-and-make-abstract-decisions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When humans learn new rules, our brains use the exact same evidence-gathering process to make decisions as they do when processing basic physical sensations. A recent study shows that decision-making brain waves adapt to track arbitrary, newly learned categories.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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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."
}