Research also implicates a distributed network within the prefrontal cortex through which attention is deployed to closely monitor performance,
incorporating feedback, as individuals then call on more specialized cognitive control mechanisms to modify
subsequent behaviour.30 - 32 Anxiety related perturbations in this pattern are evident in both children33 and adults.34 Imaging
studies have implicated the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in this process, as it appears to be hyperactive in anxious individuals during tasks requiring cognitive or «top down» control.35