ALPHABETICAL BRAIN VOCABULARY Flash Card #19 - Details WHAT IS YOUR "CINGULATE GYRUS" AND WHYIS IT SO IMPORTANT? Your CINGULATE GYRUS helps you recognize your mistakes and also correct them. It controls your ALERTNESS and the characteristics of your PERCEPTION ("coloring"). Source note = pages14-15 in The Scientific American Book of Love, Sex, and the Brain. Return to #19: CINGULATE GYRUS or BRAIN FACTS MATRIX