Optimal decision making and the anterior cingulate cortex

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 940-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven W Kennerley ◽  
Mark E Walton ◽  
Timothy E J Behrens ◽  
Mark J Buckley ◽  
Matthew F S Rushworth
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Optimal Decision ◽  
Optimal Decision Making

scholarly journals Comparing the role of the anterior cingulate cortex and 6-hydroxydopamine nucleus accumbens lesions on operant effort-based decision making

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1678-1691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Walton ◽  
James Groves ◽  
Katie A. Jennings ◽  
Paula L. Croxson ◽  
Trevor Sharp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Nucleus Accumbens ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
6 Hydroxydopamine

scholarly journals Anterior cingulate cortex involved in social food-foraging decision-making strategies of rats

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. e00768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolin Zhong ◽  
Sihao Deng ◽  
Wenbo Ma ◽  
Yuchen Yang ◽  
Dahua Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Foraging Decision

scholarly journals Neural signatures of value comparison in human cingulate cortex during decisions requiring an effort-reward trade-off

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam C Klein-Flügge ◽  
Steven W Kennerley ◽  
Karl Friston ◽  
Sven Bestmann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Optimal Decision ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Caudal Portion ◽  
Neural Signature ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Neural Signatures

AbstractIntegrating costs and benefits is crucial for optimal decision-making. While much is known about decisions that involve outcome-related costs (e.g., delay, risk), many of our choices are attached to actions and require an evaluation of the associated motor costs. Yet how the brain incorporates motor costs into choices remains largely unclear. We used human functional magnetic resonance imaging during choices involving monetary reward and physical effort to identify brain regions that serve as a choice comparator for effort-reward trade-offs. By independently varying both options' effort and reward levels, we were able to identify the neural signature of a comparator mechanism. A network involving supplementary motor area (SMA) and the caudal portion of dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) encoded the difference in reward (positively) and effort levels (negatively) between chosen and unchosen choice options. We next modelled effort-discounted subjective values using a novel behavioural model. This revealed that the same network of regions involving dACC and SMA encoded the difference between the chosen and unchosen options' subjective values, and that activity was best described using a concave model of effort-discounting. In addition, this signal reflected how precisely value determined participants' choices. By contrast, separate signals in SMA and ventro-medial PFC (vmPFC) correlated with participants' tendency to avoid effort and seek reward, respectively. This suggests that the critical neural signature of decision-making for choices involving motor costs is found in human cingulate cortex and not vmPFC as typically reported for outcome-based choice. Furthermore, distinct frontal circuits ‘drive’ behaviour towards reward-maximization and effort-minimization.Significance StatementThe neural processes that govern the trade-off between expected benefits and motor costs remain largely unknown. This is striking because energetic requirements play an integral role in our day-to-day choices and instrumental behaviour, and a diminished willingness to exert effort is a characteristic feature of a range of neurological disorders. We use a new behavioural characterization of how humans trade-off reward-maximization with effort-minimization to examine the neural signatures that underpin such choices, using BOLD MRI neuroimaging data. We find the critical neural signature of decision-making, a signal that reflects the comparison of value between choice options, in human cingulate cortex, whereas two distinct brain circuits ‘drive’ behaviour towards reward-maximization or effort-minimization.

Surprise, value and control in anterior cingulate cortex during speeded decision-making

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliana Vassena ◽  
James Deraeve ◽  
William H. Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Astrocytic l -Lactate Signaling Facilitates Amygdala-Anterior Cingulate Cortex Synchrony and Decision Making in Rats

Cell Reports ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 2407-2418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Wang ◽  
Jie Tu ◽  
Bing Cao ◽  
Li Mu ◽  
Xiangwei Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate

scholarly journals Partially dissociable roles of OFC and ACC in stimulus-guided and action-guided decision making

2014 ◽  
Vol 111 (9) ◽  
pp. 1717-1720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Khani
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Orbitofrontal Cortex ◽  
Single Neuron ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Functional Specialization ◽  
Complex Picture ◽  
Lesion Studies ◽  
The Brain

Recently, the functional specialization of prefrontal areas of the brain, and, specifically, the functional dissociation of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), during decision making have become a particular focus of research. A number of neuropsychological and lesion studies have shown that the OFC and ACC have dissociable functions in various dimensions of decision making, which are supported by their different anatomical connections. A recent single-neuron study, however, described a more complex picture of the functional dissociation between these two frontal regions during decision making. Here, I discuss the results of that study and consider alternative interpretations in connection with other findings.

Neuronal activity of the anterior cingulate cortex during an observation-based decision making task in monkeys

2012 ◽  
Vol 230 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana F.P. de Araujo ◽  
Etsuro Hori ◽  
Rafael S. Maior ◽  
Carlos Tomaz ◽  
Taketoshi Ono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Neuronal Activity ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate
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