Intentional communication and the anterior cingulate cortex

2009 ◽  
pp. 159-178
Author(s):  
Oana Benga
Keyword(s):  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Intentional Communication

Intentional communication and the anterior cingulate cortex

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oana Benga
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Neural Structure ◽  
Intentional Communication ◽  
Attention Skills ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Prelinguistic Communication ◽  
Critical Structure

This paper presents arguments for considering the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) as a critical structure in intentional communication. Different facets of intentionality are discussed in relationship to this neural structure. The macrostructural and microstructural characteristics of ACC are proposed to sustain the uniqueness of its architecture, as an overlap region of cognitive, affective and motor components. At the functional level, roles played by this region in communication include social bonding in mammals, control of vocalization in humans, semantic and syntactic processing, and initiation of speech. The involvement of the anterior cingulate cortex in social cognition is suggested where, for infants, joint attention skills are considered both prerequisites of social cognition and prelinguistic communication acts. Since the intentional dimension of gestural communication seems to be connected to a region previously equipped for vocalization, ACC might well be a starting point for linguistic communication.

EXPANSION OF THE ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX IN CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITY OF UNKNOWN AETIOLOGY

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (S 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Mannerkoski ◽  
H Heiskala ◽  
K Van Leemput ◽  
L Åberg ◽  
R Raininko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disability ◽  
Anterior Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Cingulate Cortex ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Unknown Aetiology
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