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Researchers at the University of Oxford have pinpointed brain mechanisms that allow people to differentiate outcomes resulting from their own actions versus those caused by external circumstances. The study, reported from Cairns and published in the journal Neuron, shows that both confidence in one’s decisions and assessments of external factors serve as critical cues for this distinction. These findings clarify how the brain integrates internal confidence with contextual information to attribute responsibility for events.

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