The dACC is tightly linked with many PFC areas, including most areas of the dPFC, regions associated with cognitive control, and more caudally, with motor control areas Thus, the dACC sits at the connectional intersection of the brain's reward and action networks. Unlike OFC, dACC appears not to be involved in learning reward reversals based on sensory cues. However, it is associated with reward that is tied to two different actions (such as “turn” or “push”).91,92 Imaging studies show ACC activation in a wide variety of tasks, many of which can be explained in the context of selecting between different actions.93 Projections from the dACC to the striatum are extensive and stretch from its rostral pole to the anterior commissure. Terminals are located in both the central caudate nucleus and putamen. Moreover, there are some patches of dACC terminals also found in the VS. However, they primarily avoid the shell region. Overall, these fibers terminate somewhat lateral to those from the OFC. Thus, the OFC terminal fields are positioned between the vmPFC and dACC (Figure 4c). However, projections from the
