Anterior Cingulate Cortex
links: Neuroanatomy reference: 10-18-2021
Anterior Cingulate Cortex #
Function #
Maintains attention to a stimulus, detecting conflicting information coming from distractions. Key component of the Executive Network and the Salience Network. Encodes difficulty & uncertainty associated with prospective actions in the current state. So it seems balance is in order here… overactivity is implicated in OCD, ADHD and Tourette’s.