Editing Anterior cingulate cortex (section)

===Anxiety===
The ACC has been suggested to have possible links with [[Social Anxiety|social anxiety]], along with the amygdala part of the brain, but this research is still in its early stages.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lieberman MD, Eisenberger NI | title = Neuroscience. Pains and pleasures of social life | journal = Science | volume = 323 | issue = 5916 | pages = 890–1 | date = February 2009 | pmid = 19213907 | doi = 10.1126/science.1170008 | s2cid = 206518219 }}</ref> A more recent study, by the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, confirms the relationship between the ACC and anxiety regulation, by revealing mindfulness practice as a meditator for anxiety precisely through the ACC.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Zeidan F, Martucci KT, Kraft RA, McHaffie JG, Coghill RC | title = Neural correlates of mindfulness meditation-related anxiety relief | journal = Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience | volume = 9 | issue = 6 | pages = 751–9 | date = June 2014 | pmid = 23615765 | pmc = 4040088 | doi = 10.1093/scan/nst041 }}</ref>