大脑前扣带回皮层与执行功能

回顾了近期有关大脑前扣带回皮层（ACC）参与执行功能的研究资料。结果显示，ACC可以对正在进行的目标定向行为实施在线监控，在出现反应冲突或错误时提供信号，以便能及时调整与分配注意资源，因此可能是一个行为规划与执行的高级调控结构。这两年来的新发现提示，ACC的执行监控作用可能是基于动机与奖赏期待做出的对“意志行动”的整合性控制，并可能具有对行动结果的情绪评价意义。

Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Executive Function

The relationship between anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and executive function was reviewed in this paper. It was indicated that ACC could act as a monitoring system in the executive function. ACC could monitor the ongoing goal-oriented behavior and signal the response conflict and error occurrence, so that the attention resource could be in time modulated and allocated. ACC might be one of the higher modulating components for planning and executive behavior. New findings in recent two years suggest that ACC’s monitoring function could be involved not only in the integrated control on “willed action” based on motivation and reward expectancy, but also in emotional evaluation on the consequences of actions.