The Ventral Stratium is positivly corrlated with effort, and thus it is sought to be involved in [[motivation]]<ref>[http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001266 Mechanisms Underlying Motivation of Mental Versus Physical Effort. PLoS Biology, 2012; 10 (2): e1001266 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001266.] (for breif review read on [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120222133431.htm ScienceDaily])</ref>, and also the [[rACC]]<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3044650/#R2</ref><ref>Todorov, Alexander, Susan Fiske, and Deborah Prentice, eds. Social neuroscience: Toward understanding the underpinnings of the social mind. Oxford Scholarship Online, 2010.‏</ref>