{
  "id": 9356412,
  "title": "Standard brain scans might misread oxygen metabolism in large portions of the cortex",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/standard-brain-scans-might-misread-oxygen-metabolism-in-large",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-23T15:00:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/standard-brain-scans-may-misread-oxygen-use-in-large-portions-of-the-cortex/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A recent brain imaging study reveals that standard fMRI scans can yield backward metabolic readings in nearly half of responding brain regions, challenging conventional interpretations of how neural activity is mapped.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}