"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."

Our understanding of how our brain works is often just: these areas show activity during these mental proceeses. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self "Two areas of the brain that are important in retrieving self-knowledge are the #MedialPrefrontalCortex and the #MedialPosteriorParietalCortex. "

Self - Wikipedia

Intracranial electrical stimulation of the #AnteriorInsula decreases risky choice by increasing loss salience, but of the #MedialPrefrontalCortex increases risky choice by decreasing loss salience (causally supporting #AnticipatoryAffect predictions; #Neuroeconomics; #AffectiveNeuroscience):

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51822-8

Enlightening recent talk by @neurochoice associate Dan McCalley on progress towards using #TranscranialMagneticStimulation to forestall relapse in #AlcoholUseDisorder (turns out #MedialPreFrontalCortex targeting currently has the lead)...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667174322000271