"The #PosteriorCingulateCortex, the #AnteriorCingulateFortex, and #MedialPrefrontalCortex are thought to combine to provide humans with the ability to #SelfReflect. The #InsularFortex is also thought to be involved in the process of #SelfReference."

Self - Wikipedia

Our understanding of how our brain works is often just: these areas show activity during these mental proceeses.

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"Two areas of the brain that are important in retrieving self-knowledge are the #MedialPrefrontalCortex and the #MedialPosteriorParietalCortex. "

Meta-Reinforcement Learning reconciles surprise, value, and control in the anterior cingulate cortex Author summary An important debate in cognitive neuroscience concerns the neural basis of cognitive control and the role of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). None of the current theoretical framewo...

A year ago I wrote that meta-RL captures #MedialPrefrontalCortex processing of #predictionerror, #DecisionMaking, and #CognitiveControl. I was wrong. It also captures #Foraging and #WorkingMemory. Thanks to all the authors.
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