{"$schema": "https://iptc.org/std/ninjs/ninjs-schema_3.2.json", "uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:story:532a1ea2-1a8a-4a7e-8466-6b257430ad8c", "type": "composite", "version": "1", "versioncreated": "2026-10-04T22:01:11.568621Z", "firstcreated": "2026-10-04T22:01:11.568621Z", "pubstatus": "usable", "language": "en", "headline": "Neuroscientists Reassess the 'Lizard Brain' Model of Human Cognition", "description_text": "The triune brain model proposed by Paul D. MacLean in 1959 remains popular in culture and psychology, but modern neuroscience finds the layered-brain analogy does not match the biological evidence.", "associations": {"item-0": {"$schema": "https://iptc.org/std/ninjs/ninjs-schema_3.2.json", "uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:item:d27f0ab4-5d4b-4ec8-91c6-61bad65427d9", "type": "text", "profile": "standard", "version": "1", "versioncreated": "2026-10-04T22:04:59.010322Z", "firstcreated": "2026-10-04T22:01:11.568621Z", "pubstatus": "usable", "urgency": 5, "language": "en", "headline": "Neuroscientists Reassess the 'Lizard Brain' Model of Human Cognition", "byline": "Logan Weston", "located": "United States", "copyrightholder": "Haydamax OÜ", "copyrightnotice": "Wireva / Science Official", "usageterms": "Subscribers may republish this item in full, including translation and trimming, with the credit “Wireva / Science Official”. Set rel=canonical to https://scienceofficial.org/science/neuroscientists-reassess-the-lizard-brain-model-of-human-cognition/ when publishing on the web.", "description_text": "The triune brain model proposed by Paul D. MacLean in 1959 remains popular in culture and psychology, but modern neuroscience finds the layered-brain analogy does not match the biological evidence.", "altids": {"mosaic": "d27f0ab4-5d4b-4ec8-91c6-61bad65427d9", "story": "532a1ea2-1a8a-4a7e-8466-6b257430ad8c", "slug": "neuroscientists-reassess-the-lizard-brain-model-of-human-cognition"}, "subject": [{"name": "Science", "rel": "direct", "literal": "science", "code": "medtop:13000000", "scheme": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/mediatopic/", "uri": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/mediatopic/13000000"}], "place": [{"name": "United States", "literal": "us", "code": "US", "scheme": "http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/countrycodes/"}], "person": [], "organisation": [], "genre": [{"name": "Standard story", "literal": "standard"}], "service": [{"name": "Wireva", "literal": "wireva"}], "associations": {"featuremedia": {"uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:media:ae8bef62-9187-44fc-b556-1acd9996857d", "type": "picture", "version": "1", "pubstatus": "usable", "headline": "Scientists discover the human heart can regrow muscle after a heart attack", "description_text": "Human Heart Muscle Can Regrow After a Heart Attack, Study Finds", "copyrightholder": "en.wikipedia.org", "copyrightnotice": "Human anatomy", "usageterms": "File-level licence not yet resolved from Commons; fetch the original for exact terms.", "altids": {"wireva": "ae8bef62-9187-44fc-b556-1acd9996857d"}, "extra": {"wireva:delivery_mode": "preview_and_link", "wireva:rights": {"licence": "Wikimedia — licence per file", "licence_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia", "licence_raw": "Wikipedia page image", "licence_verified_at": "2026-10-04T22:04:59.027125Z", "attribution_required": true, "attribution_text": "Human anatomy", "redistribution_allowed": false, "commercial_use_allowed": false, "modifications_allowed": false, "share_alike_required": false}, "wireva:provenance": {"creator": "", "source_name": "en.wikipedia.org", "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_anatomy", "source_page_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_anatomy", "our_page_url": "https://scienceofficial.org/science/neuroscientists-reassess-the-lizard-brain-model-of-human-cognition/"}, "wireva:role": "lead"}, "renditions": {"preview": {"href": "https://nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/ckln/image-assets/5e9f6aee0ae7a7cc7771f39b17780b4a1a2b1b3add447d36fd3ddb32ce14ef3e.jpg", "mimetype": "image/jpeg", "width": 766, "height": 900}, "source": {"href": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_anatomy", "mimetype": "image/jpeg"}}}}, "extra": {"wireva:story": {"uri": "urn:newsml:wireva.mib.news:story:532a1ea2-1a8a-4a7e-8466-6b257430ad8c", "slug": "neuroscientists-reassess-the-lizard-brain-model-of-human-cognition-20261004", "status": "developing", "languages": ["en"], "item_count": 1, "is_breaking": false}, "wireva:rights": {"class": "agency_original", "redistribution_allowed": true, "commercial_use_allowed": true, "modifications_allowed": true, "share_alike_required": false, "attribution_required": true, "attribution_text": "Wireva / Science Official", "canonical_required": true, "canonical_url": "https://scienceofficial.org/science/neuroscientists-reassess-the-lizard-brain-model-of-human-cognition/", "linkback_required": true, "licence": "Wireva subscriber licence", "licence_url": "", "licensor": "Haydamax OÜ", "valid_until": null, "excerpt_max_chars": 0, "decided_by_rule": "agency_original_verified", "needs_review": false}, "wireva:provenance": {"production_method": "automated", "ai_stages": {"editing": true, "drafting": true, "headline": true, "discovery": true, "classification": true, "image_selection": true, "source_collection": true, "cross_source_comparison": true}, "model": "", "human_reviewed": false, "reviewed_by": "", "reviewed_at": null, "editorial_control": true, "editorial_responsibility": "Haydamax OÜ (Wireva)", "factchecked": false, "verification_status": "multi_source", "independent_confirmations": 1, "official_source_used": false, "used_press_release": false, "public_interest": false, "ai_disclosure_required": false, "ai_disclosure_text": "", "independence_check": {"status": "passed", "score": 0.148, "checked_at": "2026-10-04T22:04:59.024548Z"}, "sources": [{"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/04/lizard-brain-rational-mind-neuroscience", "title": "Your gut may be making a molecule that raises Alzheimer’s risk", "publisher": "theguardian.com", "type": "rss", "role": "primary", "official": false, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-04T22:04:59.015856Z", "published_at": "2026-10-03T11:13:21Z"}, {"url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260930225459.htm", "title": "", "publisher": "sciencedaily.com", "type": "rss", "role": "supporting", "official": false, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-04T22:04:59.012465Z", "published_at": null}]}, "wireva:publication": {"name": "Science Official", "domain": "scienceofficial.org", "country": "US", "url": "https://scienceofficial.org/science/neuroscientists-reassess-the-lizard-brain-model-of-human-cognition/"}, "wireva:links": {"self": "https://wireva.mib.news/api/v1/items/d27f0ab4-5d4b-4ec8-91c6-61bad65427d9", "html": "https://wireva.mib.news/item/d27f0ab4-5d4b-4ec8-91c6-61bad65427d9/neuroscientists-reassess-the-lizard-brain-model-of-human-cognition/", "story": "https://wireva.mib.news/story/neuroscientists-reassess-the-lizard-brain-model-of-human-cognition-20261004/"}, "wireva:metrics": {"word_count": 546, "char_count": 3724, "reading_time_seconds": 266}}}}, "extra": {"wireva:languages": ["en"], "wireva:status": "developing", "wireva:item_count": 1}}