Breaking it down to build it up: Hierarchical task learning and representation in the anterior cingulate cortex Ghent University
The function of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has been well-studied but little understood by cognitive neuroscientists over the last decades. Lesions of the ACC can lead to a wide variety of mental disorders including depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia. A novel theory of the computational function of the ACC proposes that it is involved in learning and executing hierarchically structured tasks according to the ...