Abstract
Background: The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has been implicated in both cognitive and emotional processing, with cognitive information proposed to be processed through the dorsal/caudal ACC and emotional information through the rostral/ventral ACC. Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the role of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) in cognitive and emotional processing using a cognitive and emotional counting Stroop task in two patients in whom abnormalities in the dACC were identified and treated. Methods: Two patients performed the cognitive and emotional counting Stroop task before and after treatment to examine whether the dACC has a specific or more general processing function. Results: We observed an overall improvement in the emotional, cognitive, and neutral trials of the counting Stroop task after the intervention, indicating that the dACC is not a subregion of the ACC that only contributes to a specific domain. Conclusion: This study reveals that the dACC is not just a subregion of the ACC that contributes to a specific cognitive function, but is rather part of a salience network that influences general brain functioning, influencing cognitive as well as emotional processing.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 333-345 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Anterior cingulate cortex
- Stroop task
- brain calcification
- invasive brain stimulation
- non-invasive brain stimulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Developmental Neuroscience
- Clinical Neurology