Animals often must vie with others for scarce resources, such as food, water and mates. Deciding when to engage and when to avoid such contests might critically depend on the activity of anterior cingulate cortex neurons.
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This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust. We thank K. Hillman and M. Rushworth for discussions.
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Walton, M., Baudonnat, M. The value of competition in the rat race. Nat Neurosci 15, 1182–1183 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3196
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