Anterior cingulate cortex
| Anterior cingulate cortex | |
|---|---|
Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere, with anterior cingulate highlighted | |
Medial surface of right hemisphere, with Brodmann's areas numbered | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | cortex cingularis anterior |
| NeuroNames | 161 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_936 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
In human brains, the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is the frontal part of the cingulate cortex that resembles a "collar" surrounding the frontal part of the corpus callosum. It consists of Brodmann areas 24, 32, and 33.
It is involved in certain higher-level functions, such as attention allocation, reward anticipation, decision-making, impulse control (e.g. performance monitoring and error detection), and emotion.
Some research calls it the anterior midcingulate cortex (aMCC).