Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and the value of control

A Shenhav, JD Cohen, MM Botvinick - Nature neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
Debates over the function (s) of dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) have persisted for
decades. So too have demonstrations of the region's association with cognitive control …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in the neurobiology of alcohol use disorder

A Flores-Bonilla, HN Richardson - Alcohol research: current …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sex differences may play a critical role in modulating how chronic or heavy alcohol use
impacts the brain to cause the development of alcohol use disorder (AUD). AUD is a …

[HTML][HTML] The expected value of control: an integrative theory of anterior cingulate cortex function

A Shenhav, MM Botvinick, JD Cohen - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) has a near-ubiquitous presence in the
neuroscience of cognitive control. It has been implicated in a diversity of functions, from …

[HTML][HTML] The structure of cognition: attentional episodes in mind and brain

J Duncan - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
Cognition is organized in a structured series of attentional episodes, allowing complex
problems to be addressed through solution of simpler subproblems. A" multiple …

Toward a rational and mechanistic account of mental effort

A Shenhav, S Musslick, F Lieder, W Kool… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
In spite of its familiar phenomenology, the mechanistic basis for mental effort remains poorly
understood. Although most researchers agree that mental effort is aversive and stems from …

Triple dissociation of attention and decision computations across prefrontal cortex

LT Hunt, WMN Malalasekera, AO de Berker… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Naturalistic decision-making typically involves sequential deployment of attention to choice
alternatives to gather information before a decision is made. Attention filters how information …

Theta–gamma coordination between anterior cingulate and prefrontal cortex indexes correct attention shifts

B Voloh, TA Valiante, S Everling… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Anterior cingulate and lateral prefrontal cortex (ACC/PFC) are believed to coordinate activity
to flexibly prioritize the processing of goal-relevant over irrelevant information. This between …

Causal neural network of metamemory for retrospection in primates

K Miyamoto, T Osada, R Setsuie, M Takeda, K Tamura… - Science, 2017 - science.org
We know how confidently we know: Metacognitive self-monitoring of memory states, so-
called “metamemory,” enables strategic and efficient information collection based on past …

The role of prefrontal catecholamines in attention and working memory

KL Clark, B Noudoost - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2014 - frontiersin.org
While much progress has been made in identifying the brain regions and neurochemical
systems involved in the cognitive processes disrupted in mental illnesses, to date, the level …

Long-range attention networks: circuit motifs underlying endogenously controlled stimulus selection

T Womelsdorf, S Everling - Trends in Neurosciences, 2015 - cell.com
Attention networks comprise brain areas whose coordinated activity implements stimulus
selection. This selection is reflected in spatially referenced priority maps across frontal …