Primate anterior cingulate cortex: where motor control, drive and cognition interface.
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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Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada. tomas@bic.mni.mcgill.ca
D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004328:Drive; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D011323:Primates / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D014836:Volition / Q000502:physiology