79Emotions in Cognitive Processes
ACC activity is related to the specic type of control when strong cognitive engagement is involved
to solve the conict situation. Two streams of inconsistent information generate the specic situ-
ation that may cause a state of uncertainty and hesitation. Competing information leads to more
complex processing. Botvinick et al. (1999) proved that ACC was activated more strongly in high-
conict situations—the ACC’s activation was observed in the incongruent trial, but when the trial
was preceded by a congruent trial, the activation was more notable compared with the incongruent
trial preceded by an incongruent trial. (A version of the Eriksen anker interference paradigm was
used). In the rst type of task ...