The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Plays a Crucial Role in

question 61

Multiple Choice

The anterior cingulate cortex plays a crucial role in

• A)regulating attention.
• B)regulating prefrontal cortex activity.
• C)binding representations together from different brain areas.
• D)detecting conflict among brain systems.

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Definitions:

Aversive Stimulus

A stimulus that is unpleasant or painful, often used to modify behavior through avoidance learning or negative reinforcement.

Negative Reinforcement

The process of strengthening a behavior by removing or avoiding a negative outcome or unpleasant stimulus as a result of the behavior.

Contingent Avoidance

A type of learning where a subject learns to perform a behavior to prevent the occurrence of an aversive stimulus.

Active Avoidance

A learning process in which an organism learns to perform a behavior to prevent or avoid an unpleasant stimulus.