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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T13:25:38.000Z",
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  "textContent": "A new study reveals that the brain may handle voluntary and forced decisions using remarkably similar neural mechanisms. Picture yourself standing in line at a bakery, trying to choose between a doughnut and a tart. After thinking it over, you decide on the doughnut. But when you finally reach the counter, the doughnuts are gone, [...]",
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