How do we separate the factual from the possible? New research shows how our brain responds to both

Our brains respond to language expressing facts differently than they do to words conveying possibility, a team of neuroscientists has found. Its work offers new insights into the impact word choice has on how we make distinctions between what's real vs. what's merely possible.

source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201207131319.htm