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The anterior cingulate cortex lends a hand in response selection

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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.

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Awh, E., Gehring, W. The anterior cingulate cortex lends a hand in response selection. Nat Neurosci 2, 853–854 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/13145

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