Involvement of the anterior cingulate and frontoinsular cortices in rapid processing of salient facial emotional information

►Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and frontoinsular cortex (FI) coactivate with the amygdala in response to fearful face primes. ►ACC and FI are involved in the rapid processing of salient facial emotional information. ►Von Economo neurons are most abundant in humans and are primarily found in the ACC and FI.