Primate Anterior Cingulate Cortex: Where Motor Control, Drive and Cognition Interface

Overview

Journal Nat Rev Neurosci

Specialty Neurology

Date 2001 Jun 5

PMID 11389475

Citations 580

Authors

T Paus

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Abstract

Controversy surrounds the function of the anterior cingulate cortex. Recent discussions about its role in behavioural control have centred on three main issues: its involvement in motor control, its proposed role in cognition and its relationship with the arousal/drive state of the organism. I argue that the overlap of these three domains is key to distinguishing the anterior cingulate cortex from other frontal regions, placing it in a unique position to translate intentions to actions.

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