cingulate cortex
noun1
Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroanatomy, Neurology, Neuroscience, Sciences The medial part of the cortex, between the corpus callosum to the cingulate sulcus.
- In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are linked with emotional learning and the processing of fear.2011 April 8, Amie Ninh, “Liberal vs. Conservative: Does the Difference Lie in the Brain?”, in TIME, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025:
- Derived terms
- anterior cingulate cortex, posterior cingulate cortex