During fmri scans of individuals with ocd, researchers have found specific brain areas showing elevated activity while the person was engaging in compulsive behaviors. which brain region was identified

The brain region identified lighting up during an fMRI scan in a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder is the anterior cingulate cortex. The anterior cingulate cortex is part of the limbic system and is responsible for the emotion formation, memory, processing, compulsions and obsessions, and others.