- Conflict monitor and emotional regulator - Detects cognitive conflicts - Integrates emotion into [[Decision-Making]] - Modulates [[Attention]] and error monitoring ## Components - Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex (dACC) - primarily linked to [[cognitive processes|cognitive functions]] - connects with the [[Prefrontal Cortex]], parietal cortex, motor areas, and frontal eye fields - central for processing top-down and bottom-up stimuli, [[Attention]], and motor control - Involved in reward-based [[Decision-Making]], cognitive control, error detection, conflict monitoring, and willful task engagement - Ventral Anterior Cingulate Cortex - connected to emotional processing and motivation - connects with the [[Amygdala]], [[Hypothalamus]], [[Nucleus accumbens]], [[Hippocampus]], and [[anterior insula]] - participates in this assessing emotional salience and motivational information - often considered part of the [[Human Brain|brain]]’s [[Default Mode Network (DMN)|Default Mode Network]], which is active during resting states. ## Connected Regions - [[Prefrontal Cortex]] - [[Default Mode Network (DMN)]]