{
  "id": 9793074,
  "title": "Personal experience trumps public reputation when people judge others' refusals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/personal-experience-trumps-public-reputation-when-people-judge-others",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-25T16:20:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-personal-trumps-reputation-people.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A research team led by Professor Hitoshi Yamamoto of Rissho University experimentally examined how people evaluate others when a person's public reputation conflicts with their own experience with that person. The study was published Sept. 14, 2026, in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.",
  "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."
}