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. 2008 Aug 6;3(8):e2868. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002868

Table 1. Brain areas activated in the main contrasts between conditions, listed with peak coordinates and best estimates of anatomical location.

Brain Area Main Contrasts
BA Voxel X Y Z Z-Value P-Value
Won>Lost
OFC left 11 36 −36 39 −15 4.87 P<0.001
Caudate right 5 18 21 18 3.8 P<0.001
Nucleus accumbens right 6 12 12 −6 3.55 P<0.001
Putamen left 5 −24 9 0 3.48 P<0.001
dlPFC right 46 100 30 18 42 4.77 P<0.001
dlPFC right 46 41 33 51 24 3.92 P<0.001
dlPFC left 45/46 12 −42 48 24 4.07 P<0.001
dlPFC left 9 56 −30 15 48 3.99 P<0.001
Dorsal ACC right 25 40 15 −6 48 3.92 P<0.001
Hippocampus right 34 27 −21 −24 4.1 P<0.001
Occipital cortex left 17 6 −15 −108 9 3.7 P<0.001
Angular gyrus right 39 13 45 −63 33 3.66 P<0.001
Lost>Won
Retrosplenial cortex left 26 18 −3 −36 15 3.3 P<0.001
Supramarginal gyrus left 40 5 −63 −48 30 3.15 P<0.001
Insula right 5 42 −3 −3 2.81 P<0.002
Smiling>Angry Faces with Won Feedback
(SF-W>AF-W)
OFC left 11 7 −24 48 −3 4.36 P<0.001
Parietal cortex right 7 25 15 −63 63 3.79 P<0.001
ACC right 24 7 9 33 18 3.72 P<0.001
Supramarginal gyrus right 40 9 51 −42 57 3.66 P<0.001
Ventral striatum left 5 −24 18 −12 3.46 P<0.001
Supramarginal gyrus left 40 5 −45 −48 57 3.41 P<0.001
Occipital cortex right 18 9 3 −90 12 3.36 P<0.001
Angry>Smiling Faces with Lost Feedback
(AF-L>SF-L)
Amygdala left (dorso-medial) 27 −12 −3 −15 4.62 P<0.001
Post hippocampus left 14 −33 −33 −6 3.37 P<0.001
Insula right 6 39 0 −18 3.04 P<0.001
Angry>Smiling Faces with Won Feedback
(AF-W>SF-W)
Supramarginal gyrus left 40 14 −48 −42 36 3.92 P<0.001
STS right 21 12 48 −39 0 3.86 P<0.001
Inferior frontal gyrus left 44 22 −45 9 24 3.63 P<0.001
Smiling>Angry Faces with Lost Feedback
(SF-L>AF-L)
STS left 21 15 −48 −39 −6 4.2 P<0.001
Angular gyrus right 39 7 60 −54 36 3.71 P<0.001
Inferior frontal gyrus left 44 16 −54 21 33 3.61 P<0.001
Parietal cortex right 40 23 54 −57 48 3.52 P<0.001
Occipital cortex left 17 39 −15 −105 6 3.48 P<0.001

Coordinates are given in MNI space. Activation sites were determined on the basis of the average anatomical MRI images of our 16 subjects. BA = Brodmann's area, OFC = Orbitofrontal cortex, dlPFC = Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, ACC = Anterior cingulate cortex, STS = Superior temporal sulcus.