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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T09:40:02.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Imagine you're in line at your favorite bakery, deciding whether to have a doughnut or a tart. You weigh them up, the doughnut wins, and you settle on that. By the time you're at the front of the line, however, only tarts are left. So, you buy one. These two decisions feel completely different. One involves deliberation based on our unique and personal preferences, while the other involves simply recognizing and picking the only available option. But our latest research published in the journal Imaging Neuroscience shows our brains actually make these decisions in surprisingly similar ways.",
  "title": "Are we ever truly free to make decisions? New study tracks a universal process in the brain"
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