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Caudal part of the cingulate cortex of the brain
The posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) is the caudal part of the cingulate cortex, located posterior to the anterior cingulate cortex. This is the upper part of the "limbic lobe". The cingulate cortex is made up of an area around the midline of the brain. Surrounding areas include the retrosplenial cortex and the precuneus. Wikipedia →
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- Skim a recent paper: A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortexInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Neural basis of motivational and cognitive controlThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The role of the posterior cingulate cortex in cognition and diseaseCited 2,144 times
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📖 Definitions
Noun The hind part of the cingulate cortex: it controls mind-wandering and rumination.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The role of the posterior cingulate cortex in cognition and disease
Metabolic reduction in the posterior cingulate cortex in very early Alzheimer's disease
Echoes of the Brain within the Posterior Cingulate Cortex
Remembering familiar people: the posterior cingulate cortex and autobiographical memory retrieval
Posterior cingulate cortex: adapting behavior to a changing world
Functional Heterogeneity in Cingulate Cortex: The Anterior Executive and Posterior Evaluative Regions
Risk-sensitive neurons in macaque posterior cingulate cortex
What about the “Self” is Processed in the Posterior Cingulate Cortex?
🆕 Influential since 2022
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex
The human posterior cingulate, retrosplenial, and medial parietal cortex effective connectome, and implications for memory and navigation
Uncovering a tripartite landmark in posterior cingulate cortex
Brain‐wide mapping of inputs to the mouse lateral posterior (LP/Pulvinar) thalamus–anterior cingulate cortex network
Posterior cingulate cortex targeted real‐time fMRI neurofeedback recalibrates functional connectivity with the amygdala, posterior insula, and default‐mode network in PTSD
📚 Books worth reading
Neural basis of motivational and cognitive controlRogier B. Mars · 2011
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