title: Persisting through subjective effort: a key role for the anterior cingulate cortex?
abstract: One shortcoming of Kurzban et al.'s model is that it is not clear how animals persist through subjectively effortful tasks, particularly over a long time course. We suggest that the anterior cingulate cortex plays a critical role by encoding the utility of an action, and signalling where efforts should be best directed based on previous and prospected experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. khillman@psy.otago.ac.nz http://www.otago.ac.nz/psychology/staff/kristinhillman.html dbilkey@psy.otago.ac.nz http://www.otago.ac.nz/psychology/staff/davidbilkey.html.
authors.forename: Kristin L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Hillman
authors.forename: David K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bilkey
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D005222:Mental Fatigue / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological