The anterior cingulate cortex lends a hand in response selection
Edward Awh1
& William J. Gehring2
1
Edward Awh is in the Department of Psychology,
1227 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
97403, USA.
2
William Gehring is in the Department of Psychology,
University of Michigan, East Hall, 525 East University,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
awh@darkwing.uoregon.edu
The anterior cingulate cortex is involved in decisions between conflicting
response tendencies. This executive function seems to involve
separate pathways for manual and verbal responses.
