Year: 1950
Type: article
Abstract: The attention of physiologists was directed anew to the anterior part of the cingular gyrus by the reports of Smith (1944, 1945) that this area was concerned in autonomic responses, and the findings of McCulloch (1944), using local strychninization, that the area had a widespread cortical suppressor effect. Clinical interest was also aroused by the marked behaviour changes noted by Smith (1944) and Ward (1948a) in monkeys following ablation of this region. The animals became unusually tame and appeared to lose their pre-operative fear ofman. Their behaviour towards their cage-mates was also changed, so that Ward spoke of their treating them as inanimate objects. In man localized ablation of the area has been reported in a few cases only
Institution: University of Oxford
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1989227426