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The brain’s conflict detector, the anterior cingulate cortex, activates in uncertainty.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 18, 2025

The team identified three transcriptional regulators essential for maintaining memories: Camta1 and Tcf4 in the thalamus, and Ash1l in the anterior cingulate cortex.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

Dr. Brian Kopell, who directs Mount Sinai’s Center for Neuromodulation, placed thin metal electrodes her brain’s subcallosal cingulate cortex, which regulates emotional behavior and is involved in feelings of sadness.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

The subcallosal cingulate, also known as “Brodmann area 25,” is embedded deep in the brain, above and behind the eyes.

From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2023

The network included parts of the brain like the anterior cingulate cortex, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and, crucially, the prefrontal cortex.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel