Action sets and decisions in the medial frontal cortex

RUSHWORTH, M; WALTON, M; KENNERLEY, S; BANNERMAN, D

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2004.07.009

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Action sets and decisions in the medial frontal cortex

RUSHWORTH, M, WALTON, M, KENNERLEY, S, BANNERMAN, D·2004·Trends in Cognitive Sciences

DOI 10.1016/j.tics.2004.07.009

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Activations in human dorsomedial frontal and cingulate cortices are often present in neuroimaging studies of decision making and action selection. Interpretations have emphasized executive control, movement sequencing, error detection and conflict monitoring. Recently, however, experimental approaches, using lesions, inactivation, and cell recording, have suggested that these are just components of the areas' functions. Here we review these results and integrate them with those from neuroimaging. A medial superior frontal gyrus (SFG) region centred on the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) is involved in the selection of action sets whereas the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has a fundamental role in relating actions to their consequences, both positive reinforcement outcomes and errors, and in guiding decisions about which actions are worth making.

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The macaque anterior cingulate cortex helps in monitoring and reacting to particular forms of conflict.
“From this and related findings (Kennerley et al., 2006; Rushworth et al., 2004), it was proposed that the macaque anterior cingulate cortex helps in monitoring and reacting to particular forms of conflict”
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Cingulate projections may be involved in the maintenance and cortical integration of information from limbic structures, including conflict between the current status and perceived indicators of change.
“Reflecting these roles, cingulate projections may be involved in the maintenance and cortical integration of information from limbic structures, which includes conflict between the current status and perceived indicators of change (Mansouri et al., 2017; Rushworth et al., 2004).”
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Authors: RUSHWORTH, M., WALTON, M., KENNERLEY, S., & BANNERMAN, D.
Affiliations: John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author: RUSHWORTH, M
ORCID: RUSHWORTH, M
WALTON, M
KENNERLEY, S
BANNERMAN, D
Venue: Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2004-09
Volume: 8
Issue: 9
Pages: 410-417
ISSN: 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2004.07.009
OpenAlex: W1995810302
Cited by: 1,004
References: 8
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FWCI: 30.38
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Wellcome Trust (087736)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
Keywords: action sets, decision-making, action selection, medial frontal cortex, dorsomedial frontal cortex, cingulate cortex, pre-supplementary motor area, anterior cingulate cortex, medial superior frontal gyrus, error detection, conflict monitoring, executive function, movement sequencing, reinforcement learning
MeSH terms: Animals, Haplorhini, Conditioning, Psychological, Cues, Decision Making, Evoked Potentials, Frontal Lobe, Gyrus Cinguli, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Memory, Psychomotor Performance, Reinforcement, Psychology, Reward, Visual Perception

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