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 …

Researchers have wondered how the brain creates emotions since the early days of
psychological science. With a surge of studies in affective neuroscience in recent decades …

It has been argued that emotion, pain and cognitive control are functionally segregated in
distinct subdivisions of the cingulate cortex. However, recent observations encourage a …

Unlike brain regions that respond selectively to specific kinds of information content, a
number of frontal and parietal regions are thought to be domain-and process-general: that …

The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and especially anterior cingulate cortex is central to
higher cognitive function and many clinical disorders, yet its basic function remains in …

An update to the classic text that links neuroscience and human behavior in the context of
therapy. This groundbreaking book explores the recent revolution in psychotherapy that has …

Successful goal-directed behavior requires not only correct action selection, planning, and
execution but also the ability to flexibly adapt behavior when performance problems occur or …

Inhibiting unwanted thoughts, actions and emotions figures centrally in daily life, and the
prefrontal cortex (PFC) is widely viewed as a source of this inhibitory control. We argue that …

Working memory (WM) enables the online maintenance and manipulation of information
and is central to intelligent cognitive functioning. Much research has investigated executive …

The concept of reserve arose from the mismatch between the extent of brain changes or
pathology and the clinical manifestations of these brain changes. The cognitive reserve …