Hot EF's are thought to be controlled by the orbitofrontal and medial pre-frontal networks in the limbic system and underlying paralimbic structures. 

Neuropsychology of Hot EF's

- Hot (reward or affective related)
- Cool (purely cognative)


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Brain structures in the paralimbic system functions to mediate the cognitive control, also known as executive functions, associated with emotion and motivation. 


Cognitive Control Domain


Matthys, Vanderschuren, L. J. M. J., & Schutter, D. J. L. G. (2013). The neurobiology of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder: Altered functioning in three mental domains. Development and Psychopathology, 25(1), 193–207. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579412000272

The neurobiology of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder: Altered functioning in three mental domains

Salehinejad MA, Ghanavati E, Rashid MHA, Nitsche MA. Hot and cold executive functions in the brain: A prefrontal-cingular network. Brain and Neuroscience Advances. 2021;5. doi:10.1177/23982128211007769

Hot and cold executive functions in the brain: A prefrontal-cingular network


- cingulate gyrus
- orbitofrontal cortex
- temporal pole
- part of the insula
- limbic structures 

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