<p>This area is also known in the human brain as the <b>dorsal anterior cingulate area 32</b>, which controls self-monitoring of current emotional or somatic states, such as the anticipation and detection of targets (indicating novelty), the influence of motor responses, and the cognitive control of action selection, such as detecting errors when reward was expected for an action, but did not materialize.&nbsp; Involved in reward-based decision making and activated by active distress.</p><p>The ACC functions to inhibit the firing of the amygdala. It is often referred to as the transitional limbic cortex because it lies at the transition between the cortical and the subcortical regions. Joseph (1996) describes the ACC as “a supra-modal area that is involved in the integration of motor tactile, autonomic, and emotional stimuli, as well as in the production of emotional sounds and the capacity to experience psychological pain and misery (p.243). In some abuse cases, this area has little blood flow; no blood flow means little neuronal activation, which likely correlates directly to the sense of the self as a black hole—as non-existent.</p><p><b>Brodmann area 32L controls</b></p><p><ul><ul><ul><li>Visual uncertainty&nbsp;</li><li>Mood regulation&nbsp;</li><li>Evaluate emotional words&nbsp;</li></ul></ul></ul></p><p><b>Brodmann area 32 Right controls</b></p><p><ul><ul><ul><li>Sustain response set&nbsp;</li><li>Identify pain&nbsp;</li><li>Self-insight&nbsp;</li><li>Reward&nbsp;</li><li>Reappraise negative emotions&nbsp;</li></ul></ul></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="@@PLUGINFILE@@/ba-32.png" alt="" width="436" height="681" role="presentation" class="img-responsive atto_image_button_text-bottom"><br></p></p>