The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is implicated in a broad range of behaviors and
cognitive processes, but it has been unclear what contribution, if any, the ACC makes to …

The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) has attracted great interest from neuroscientists
because it is associated with so many important cognitive functions. Despite, or perhaps …

The causal role of an area within a neural network can be determined by interfering with its
activity and measuring the impact. Many current reversible manipulation techniques have …

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 …

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 …

Reward-guided decision-making and learning depends on distributed neural circuits with
many components. Here we focus on recent evidence that suggests four frontal lobe regions …

A neglected question regarding cognitive control is how control processes might detect
situations calling for their involvement. The authors propose here that the demand for control …

Functional neuroimaging studies have started unravelling unexpected functional attributes
for the posteromedial portion of the parietal lobe, the precuneus. This cortical area has …

On average, we urban dwellers spend about 90% of our time indoors, and share the intuition
that the physical features of the places we live and work in influence how we feel and act …

The authors present a unified account of 2 neural systems concerned with the development
and expression of adaptive behaviors: a mesencephalic dopamine system for reinforcement …