Optimal decision making and the anterior cingulate cortex

SW Kennerley, ME Walton, TEJ Behrens… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
… that a cortical region, the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), has an essential role in both
learning and using extended action-outcome histories to optimize voluntary choice behavior. …

Adaptive decision making and value in the anterior cingulate cortex

ME Walton, PL Croxson, TEJ Behrens, SW Kennerley… - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
… contribution of discrete prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortical regions is to this process.
This is exemplified by the debates over the function of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) (Fig. …

Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex: a role in reward-based decision making

G Bush, BA Vogt, J Holmes, AM Dale… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) is a brain region that subserves cognition and motor
control, but the mechanisms of these functions remain unknown. Human neuroimaging and …

Ventral anterior cingulate cortex and social decision-making

PL Lockwood, MK Wittmann - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
anterior cingulate cortex in social decision-making. Whereas the subgenual anterior cingulate
cortex … during social interactions, the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex may reflect one’s …

Distinct portions of anterior cingulate cortex and medial prefrontal cortex are activated by reward processing in separable phases of decision-making cognition

RD Rogers, N Ramnani, C Mackay, JL Wilson… - Biological …, 2004 - Elsevier
… the orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and striatum; however, the
precise conditions under which these different components are activated during decision-making

Predictive decision making driven by multiple time-linked reward representations in the anterior cingulate cortex

MK Wittmann, N Kolling, R Akaishi, BKH Chau… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
… to hold simultaneously in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC). Comparison of recent
and past reward rates with positive and negative decision weights is reflected by opposing …

Emotion, motivation, decision-making, the orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and the amygdala

ET Rolls - Brain Structure and Function, 2023 - Springer
… The anterior cingulate cortex is involved in learning actions to obtain rewards, and with the
orbitofrontal cortex and ventromedial prefrontal cortex in providing the goals for navigation …

Response options and expectations of reward in decision-making: the differential roles of dorsal and rostral anterior cingulate cortex

AA Marsh, KS Blair, M Vythilingam, S Busis, RJR Blair - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC)/medial prefrontal
cortex … two elements of decision-making: the number of available decision options and the …

Functional connectivity with anterior cingulate and orbitofrontal cortices during decision-making

MX Cohen, AS Heller, C Ranganath - Cognitive Brain Research, 2005 - Elsevier
cortex (OFC) and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) are critically involved in the process of
evaluating and choosing between decision options when the outcomes of those decisions are …

Surprise, value and control in anterior cingulate cortex during speeded decision-making

E Vassena, J Deraeve, WH Alexander - Nature Human Behaviour, 2020 - nature.com
Activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) is observed across a variety of contexts,
and its function remains intensely debated in the field of cognitive neuroscience. While …